Homogeneous \((\alpha,\beta)\)-metrics of Douglas type (Q494997)

This paper is devoted to conditions for a given homogeneous \((\alpha , \beta )\)-metric to be of Douglas type and to be projectively flat. Two rigidity results are obtained, namely the Theorems 1.1 and 1.2. The first theorem is as follows: Let \(F=\alpha \varphi (\frac{\beta }{\alpha })\) be a homogeneous \((\alpha , \beta )\)-metric on \(G/H\). Then \(F\) is a Douglas metric if and only if either \(F\) is a Berwald metric or \(F\) is a Douglas metric of Randers type. The second theorem provides new examples of locally projectively flat metrics, presenting some new insight into the study of Hilbert's fourth problem.