ON THE FLAG CURVATURE OF FINSLER METRICS OF SCALAR CURVATURE (Q4819583)

It is known that all Finsler spaces with Randers metrics \(F = \alpha + \beta \) of scalar curvature \(c(x)\) satisfy one of the following conditions: \[ (a) \quad S = (n+1)c(x)F \] \[ (b) \quad J+c(x)FI = 0 , \] where \(S\) is the \(S\)-curvature, \(I\) the mean Cartan torsion, \(J\) the mean Landsberg curvature. Five theorems are proven. In the first two of them the \(n\)-dimensional Finsler spaces \((M,F)\) of scalar curvature \(c(x)\) are considered. For condition (a) and (b) the flag curvature \(K(x,y)\) is determined. The case \(c(x) = c\) is discussed. In the next two theorems a locally projectively flat Randers metric \(F = \alpha + \beta \) is considered, satisfying condition (a). For \(\mu +4c(x)^{2} = 0\) and \(c = 0\) or \(c\neq 0\) the flag curvature \(K\) is determined (\(\mu \) is the sectional curvature of \(\alpha \)). For \(\mu +4c(x)^{2} \neq 0\) \(F\) and \(K\) is determined and for \(\mu = -1\), \(\mu = 0\), \(\mu = 1\) the function \(c(x)\) is given. In the last theorem the \((M,F)\) Finsler space is considered, where conditions (a) and (b) are satisfied. For \(c = c(x)\) the flag curvature and the distorsion are given.