On a new class of Finsler metrics (Q531741)

The authors clarify the geometric meaning of \((\alpha,\beta)\)-metrics. Roughly speaking, a Minkowski norm \(F\) is an \((\alpha,\beta)\)-norm if and only if the indicatrix of \(F\) is a rotation hypersurface with the rotation axis passing the origin. Starting from this point of view, they introduce a knew class of Finsler metrics, called general \((\alpha,\beta)\)-metrics, that includes some metrics defined by R. Bryant. Then, the authors compute the spray coefficients of some kind of general \((\alpha,\beta)\)-metrics and discuss the projective flatness of those metrics.