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http://dx.doi.org/10.14403/jcms.2017.30.4.369

ON EXISTENCE AND DISTRIBUTION OF CONJUGATE POINTS IN FINSLER GEOMETRY

Kim, Chang-Wan (Division of Liberal Arts and Sciences Mokpo National Maritime University)

Publication Information

Journal of the Chungcheong Mathematical Society / v.30, no.4, 2017 , pp. 369-379 More about this Journal

Abstract

In this paper, we shall study the existence and distribution of conjugate points in Finsler geometry from the viewpoint of the oscillation and Morse index theory.

Keywords

Finsler metrics; conjugate points; Ricci curvature;

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