On the extremal compatible linear connection of a generalized Berwald manifold (Q2118153)

In the present paper, the author gives the idea of the extremal compatible linear connection of a generalized Berwald manifold by minimizing the pointwise length of its torsion tensor. It is uniquely determined because the number of the Lagrange multipliers is equal to the number of the equations for the compatibility of the linear connection with the Finslerian metric. Further they consider the reference element method, the extremal compatible linear connection can be expressed in terms of the canonical data as well. They use an intrinsic algorithm to check the existence of compatible linear connections on a Finsler manifold because it is equivalent to the existence of the extremal compatible linear connection.