Rigidity theorems of some dually flat Finsler metrics and its applications (Q2828684)

In the paper under review, the authors study a class of Finsler metrics, called dually flat metrics, which first appeared in information geometry, and were introduced into the Finsler geometry by \textit{Z. Shen} [Chin. Ann. Math., Ser. B 27, No. 1, 73--94 (2006; Zbl 1107.53013)]. First, the authors find some rigidity results of the dually flat \(\left( \alpha,\beta\right)\) metrics where the underline Riemannian metric \(\alpha \) satisfies nonnegative curvature properties. Under several assumptions, they prove that the non-Riemannian metric \( F=\alpha\phi\left( s\right) \) becomes locally dually flat if and only if \( \alpha \) is an Euclidean metric and \( \beta \) is a constant 1-form. After that, the authors give a new geometric approach for the solution of the Monge-Ampère type equation on \( \mathbb{R}^{n} \) by using dually flat metrics under the convexity assumption. Also, they find the non-existence of the compact globally dually flat Riemannian manifold.