On dense subsets in spaces of metrics

Abstract

In spaces of metrics, we investigate topological distributions of the doubling property, the uniform disconnectedness, and the uniform perfectness, which are the quasi-symmetrically invariant properties appearing in the David--Semmes theorem. We show that the set of all doubling metrics and the set of all uniformly disconnected metrics are dense in spaces of metrics on finite-dimensional and zero-dimensional compact metrizable spaces, respectively. Conversely, this denseness of the sets implies the finite-dimensionality, zero-dimensionality, and the compactness of metrizable spaces. We also determine the topological distribution of the set of all uniformly perfect metrics in the space of metrics on the Cantor set.