On almost rational Finsler metrics (Q2685721)

This paper is dedicated to the study of a special class of Finsler metrics which the authors call it Almost Rational Finsler metrics (shortly, AR-Finsler metrics). They give necessary and sufficient conditions for an AR-Finsler manifold \((M, F)\) to be Riemannian. The rationality of some Finsler geometric objects such as Cartan torsion, geodesic spray, Landsberg curvature and \(S\)-curvature are also investigated along the paper. For a particular subfamily of AR-Finsler metrics, the authors have proved that if \(F\) has isotropic \(S\)-curvature, then the \(S\)-curvature vanishes identically; if \(F\) has isotropic mean Landsberg curvature, then it is weakly Landsberg; if \(F\) is an Einstein metric, then it is Ricci-flat. Moreover, there exists no Randers AR-Finsler metric. In the end of the paper, the authors provide some nontrivial examples of such kind of metrics, namely AR-Finsler metrics.