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On the beginning of the formation of Japanese School of Finsler Geometry  

Won, Dae Yeon (Dept. of Math. of Duksung Women's Univ.)
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Journal for History of Mathematics / v.34, no.2, 2021 , pp. 55-74 More about this Journal
Abstract
Matsumoto Makoto is regarded as founding father of the Japanese school of Finsler geometry because he established the Japanese Society of Finsler Geometry in 1968 and organized the Symposium every year since then. In this paper, we investigate how Matsumoto initiated the study of this topic leaping over geographical limit and how Yano Kentaro and Kawaguchi Akitsugu had affected Matsumoto in the formation of the Japanese school of Finsler geometry. We also take a view of the role of É. Cartan who invented the concept of the connection in early 20th century in this regard.
Keywords
K. Yano; A. Kawaguchi; M. Matsumoto; E. Cartan; connection; Finsler geometry;
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