On a hypersurface of the first approximate Matsumoto space (Q2785285)

The first approximate Matsumoto metric is given by \(L=\alpha \sum^1_{k=0} ({\beta\over \alpha})^k= \alpha+ \beta+{\beta^2 \over\alpha}\), where \(\alpha= (a_{ij} (x)y^iy^j)^{1/2}\), \(\beta=b_i(x)y^i\). The hypersurface \(F^{n-1}\) in \(F^n\) is given by \(x^i=x^i (u^\alpha)\) \((y^i=B^i_\alpha (u)v^a)\). \textit{M. Matsumoto} [J. Math. Kyoto Univ. 25, 107-144 (1985; Zbl 0567.53025)] showed that the hypersurface is of the first kind iff \(H_\alpha =0\), it is of the second kind iff \(H_\alpha=0\) and \(H_{\alpha \beta}=0\), and it is of the third kind iff \(H_\alpha=0\), \(M_{\alpha\beta}=H_{\alpha\beta}=0\), where NEWLINE\[NEWLINEB^i_{\alpha |\beta}= H_{\alpha\beta} N^i,\quad B^i_{\alpha |\beta} =M_{\alpha \beta} N^i.NEWLINE\]NEWLINE In this paper the authors examine the special case of the hypersurface, when it is given by an implicit equation \(b(x)=c\) and \(b_i=\partial_i (b(x))\) is the gradient vector. In this case they obtain the conditions, when the hyperplane is of the first and second kind, and prove that it can not be of third kind.