Kropina metrics and Zermelo navigation on Riemannian manifolds

DOI10.1007/s10711-013-9892-8zbMath1301.53076arXiv1209.0340OpenAlexW2061634938MaRDI QIDQ741622

Ryozo Yoshikawa, Vasile Sorin Sabau

Publication date: 12 September 2014

Published in: Geometriae Dedicata (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/1209.0340

zbMATH Keywords

flag curvaturekilling vector fieldKropina space

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Global Riemannian geometry, including pinching (53C20) Global differential geometry of Finsler spaces and generalizations (areal metrics) (53C60)

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