• Title/Summary/Keyword: Finsler metrics

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TWO CLASSES OF THE GENERALIZED RANDERS METRIC

  • Choi, Eun-Seo;Kim, Byung-Doo
    • East Asian mathematical journal
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    • v.19 no.2
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    • pp.261-271
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    • 2003
  • We deal with two metrics of Randers type, which are characterized by the solution of certain differential equations respectively. Furthermore, we will give the condition for a Finsler space with such a metric to be a locally Minkowski space or a conformally flat space, respectively.

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ON THE GENERALIZED RANDERS CHANGE OF BERWALD METRICS

  • Lee, Nany
    • Korean Journal of Mathematics
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    • v.18 no.4
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    • pp.387-394
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    • 2010
  • In this paper, we study the generalized Randers change $^*L(x,y)=L(x,y)+b_i(x,y)y^i$ from the Brewald metric L and the h-vector $b_i$. And in search for a non-Berwald Landsberg metric, we obtain the conditions on $b_i(x,y)$ under which $^*L$ is a Landsberg metric.

ON CONFORMAL TRANSFORMATIONS BETWEEN TWO ALMOST REGULAR (α, β)-METRICS

  • Chen, Guangzu;Liu, Lihong
    • Bulletin of the Korean Mathematical Society
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    • v.55 no.4
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    • pp.1231-1240
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    • 2018
  • In this paper, we characterize the conformal transformations between two almost regular (${\alpha},{\beta}$)-metrics. Suppose that F is a non-Riemannian (${\alpha},{\beta}$)-metric and is conformally related to ${\widetilde{F}}$, that is, ${\widetilde{F}}=e^{{\kappa}(x)}F$, where ${\kappa}:={\kappa}(x)$ is a scalar function on the manifold. We obtain the necessary and sufficient conditions of the conformal transformation between F and ${\widetilde{F}}$ preserving the mean Landsberg curvature. Further, when both F and ${\widetilde{F}}$ are regular, the conformal transformation between F and ${\widetilde{F}}$ preserving the mean Landsberg curvature must be a homothety.