• Bulletin of the Korean Mathematical Society
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• v.40 no.4
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• pp.649-661
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• 2003

The ($\alpha,\;\beta$)-metric is a Finsler metric which is constructed from a Riemannian metric $\alpha$ and a differential 1-form $\beta$. In this paper, we discuss the projective flatness of Finsler spaces with certain ($\alpha,\;\beta$)-metrics ([5]) in a locally Minkowski space.

• Bulletin of the Korean Mathematical Society
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• v.60 no.1
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• pp.33-46
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• 2023

Geodesic orbit spaces are homogeneous Finsler spaces whose geodesics are all orbits of one-parameter subgroups of isometries. Such Finsler spaces have vanishing S-curvature and hold the Bishop-Gromov volume comparison theorem. In this paper, we obtain a complete description of invariant (α₁, α₂)-metrics on spheres with vanishing S-curvature. Also, we give a description of invariant geodesic orbit (α₁, α₂)-metrics on spheres. We mainly show that a Sp(n + 1)-invariant (α₁, α2)-metric on S⁴ⁿ⁺³ = Sp(n + 1)/Sp(n) is geodesic orbit with respect to Sp(n + 1) if and only if it is Sp(n + 1)Sp(1)-invariant. As an interesting consequence, we find infinitely many Finsler spheres with vanishing S-curvature which are not geodesic orbit spaces.

• Journal of the Korean Mathematical Society
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• v.38 no.3
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• pp.503-521
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• 2001

A change of Finsler metric L(x,y)longrightarrowL(x,y) is called a Randers change of L, if L(x,y) = L(x,y) +$\rho$(x,y), where $\rho$(x,y) = $\rho$(sub)i(x)y(sup)i is a 1-form on a smooth manifold M(sup)n. Let us consider the special Randers change of Finsler metric LlongrightarrowL = L + $\beta$ by $\beta$. On the basis of this special Randers change, the purpose of the present paper is devoted to studying the conditions for Finsler space F(sup)n which are transformed by a special Randers change of Finsler spaces F(sup)n with ($\alpha$,$\beta$)-metrics of Douglas type to be also of Douglas type, and vice versa.

• Journal of applied mathematics & informatics
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• v.5 no.3
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• pp.839-848
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• 1998

We can obtain the concise description of two dimensional Finsler space from the viewpoint of their geodesic curves. In this paper we obtain the geodesic equations in a two-dimensional Finsler space with some special (${\alpha},\;{\beta}$)-metrics by using the Weierstrass form. We shall be referred to an isothermal coodinate system and an orthonormal one with respect to an associated Riemannian space.

• Bulletin of the Korean Mathematical Society
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• v.57 no.6
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• pp.1335-1349
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• 2020

In this paper, we give an equivalent characterization for general (α, β)-metrics with reversible geodesics when the dimension of the manifold is greater than 2.

• Communications of the Korean Mathematical Society
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• v.10 no.2
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• pp.375-384
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• 1995

The almost Hermitian Finsler structure of a Rizza manifold is an almost Hermitian structure if a special condition satisfies. In this paper, the induced Finsler connection from Moor metric is define and the some properties of a Kaehlerian Finsler manifold with respect to the induced Finsler connection from Moor metric are investigated.

• Journal of the Korean Mathematical Society
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• v.55 no.2
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• pp.415-424
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• 2018

General (${\alpha},\;{\beta}$)-metrics form a rich and important class of Finsler metrics. In this paper, we obtain a differential equation which characterizes a general (${\alpha},\;{\beta}$)-metric with isotropic E-curvature, under a certain condition. We also solve the equation in a particular case.

• Honam Mathematical Journal
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• v.45 no.3
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• pp.491-502
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• 2023

As a generalization of Berwald spaces, we have the ideas of Douglas spaces and Landsberg spaces. S. Bacso defined a weakly-Berwald space as another generalization of Berwald spaces. In 1972, Matsumoto proposed the (α, β) metric, which is a Finsler metric derived from a Riemannian metric α and a differential 1-form β. In this paper, we investigated an important class of (α, β)-metrics of the form $F={\mu}_1\alpha+{\mu}_2\beta+{\mu}_3\frac{\beta^2}{\alpha}$, which is recognized as a special form of the first approximate Matsumoto metric on an n-dimensional manifold, and we obtain the criteria for such metrics to be weakly-Berwald metrics. A Finsler space with a special (α, β)-metric is a weakly Berwald space if and only if B^m_m is a 1-form. We have shown that under certain geometric and algebraic circumstances, it transforms into a weakly Berwald space.

• Journal of the Chungcheong Mathematical Society
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• v.30 no.4
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• pp.369-379
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• 2017

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.

• Bulletin of the Korean Mathematical Society
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• v.36 no.2
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• pp.217-224
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• 1999

In this paper the properties of the Finsler metrics compatible with an f-structure are investigated.