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Anton Petrunin
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Note that any metric with unique infinite geodesics on $\mathbb R^2$ has this property. In particular, hyperbolic plane as noted by Heather Macbeth. It also includes Minkowski plane with smooth ball and all complete negatively curved Riemannian metrics on $\mathbb R^2$.

So it is better to ask:

  • Is it true that the function $p$ is the only possible? ($p(a,b,c)=0,1,$ or $2$ when the triangle inequality for a,b,c, correspondingly, fails, turns into equality, or is strict.)

  • Is it true that space has to be homeomorphic to $\mathbb R^2$?

Anton Petrunin
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