Symplectic geometry and Hilbert's fourth problem (Q814650)
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Symplectic geometry and Hilbert's fourth problem (English)
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7 February 2006
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The paper under review provides a new characterization of projective Finsler metrics in terms of a class of symplectic forms on the space of lines.
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admissible symplectic form
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anti-symplectic involution
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G-space
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contact structure
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Lagrangian immersion
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Legendre transform
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Legendrian fibration
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Legendrian immersion
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oriented geodesic
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path
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projective Finsler metric
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space of geodesics
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space of oriented lines
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symplectic form
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symplectic submanifold
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tame
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totally geodesic submanifold.
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