The maximum diam theorem on Finsler manifolds (Q2665603)

This paper deals with the maximum diameter theorem on Finsler manifolds. The authors prove that, for a Finsler space, if the weighted Ricci curvature is bounded below by a positive number and the diameter attains its maximal value, then it is isometric to a standard Finsler sphere. As an application, they show that the first eigenvalue of the Finsler-Laplacian attains its lower bound if and only if the Finsler manifold is isometric to a standard Finsler sphere, and moreover, they obtain an explicit first eigenfunction on the sphere.