On conformal transformations preserving the Ricci tensor in Finsler geometry (Q6149169)

This paper deals with a study on conformal transformations preserving the Ricci tensor in Finsler geometry. Firstly, authors obtain a classical integral formula on the conformal change of Finsler metrics. As an application, they obtain significant results depending on the sign of the Ricci scalars, for mean Landsberg surfaces and show that there is no conformal transformation between two compact mean Landsberg surfaces, one of a non-positive Ricci scalar and another of a non-negative Ricci scalar, except for the case where both Ricci scalars are identically zero. Next, they provide an extension of the results of M. Obata and S. T. Yau on Riemannian geometry and give a positive answer to a conjecture on Liouville's theorem. They show that a Liouville transformation between two compact mean Landsberg manifolds of isotropic Scurvature is homothetic. It is well known that Liouville transformations are conformal transformations preserving the Ricci tensor. Moreover, they show that every Liouville transformation between two compact Finsler n-manifolds of bounded mean value Cartan tensor is homothetic.