Homogeneous variational problems and Lagrangian sections

DOI10.1515/CM-2016-0008MaRDI QIDQ2970113zbMATH OpenOpenAlexFDO

Authors David J. Saunders

Publication date 27 March 2017

Published in Communications in Mathematics (Search for Journal in Brave)

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zbMATH Keywords

Finsler geometrygeodesicsline bundle

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Geodesics in global differential geometry (53C22) Global differential geometry of Finsler spaces and generalizations (areal metrics) (53C60)

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• Examples of Thomas-Whitehead projective connections
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