A new quantity in Finsler geometry (Q626068)

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scientific article; zbMATH DE number 5853943
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    A new quantity in Finsler geometry
    scientific article; zbMATH DE number 5853943

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      A new quantity in Finsler geometry (English)
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      21 February 2011
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      The author defines a new non-Riemannian quantity \(\widetilde{W}\) and call it \(C\)-projective Weyl curvature. He proves that, for a Finsler manifold of scalar flag curvature with dimension \(n\geq 3\), one has \(\mathbf{H}=0\) if and only if \(\widetilde{W}=0\), where \(\mathbf{H}\) is a non-Riemannian scalar function of special importance defined by Akbar-Zadeh on the slit tangent bundle. As a consequence of the authors' result, a new characterization of Finsler metrics of constant flag curvature is established.
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      Berwald curvature
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      mean Berwald curvature
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      constant flag curvature
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      \(C\)-projective Weyl curvature
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