The existence of continuations for different types of metrics.

The problems of continuation of a partially defined metric and a partially defined ultrametric were considered in [12] and [13], respectively. Using the language of graph theory we generalize the criteria of existence of continuation obtained in these papers. For these purposes we use the concept of a triangle function introduced by M. Bessenyei and Z. Páles in [6], which gives a generalization of the triangle inequality in metric spaces. The obtained result allows us to get criteria of the existence of continuation for a wide class of semimetrics including not only metrics and ultrametrics, but also multiplicative metrics and semimetrics with power triangle inequality. Moreover, the explicit formula for the maximal continuations is also obtained. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]