Almost all Finsler metrics have infinite dimensional holonomy group (Q2048288)

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Almost all Finsler metrics have infinite dimensional holonomy group
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    Almost all Finsler metrics have infinite dimensional holonomy group (English)
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    5 August 2021
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    The authors state the following result: in the set of smooth Finsler metrics on a finite-dimensional manifold, there is an open subset with infinite-dimensional holonomy group. Furthermore, this subset is dense in any \(C^m\)-topology for \(m\) bigger than eight.
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    Finsler geometry
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    algebras of vector fields
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    holonomy
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    curvature
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