A new quantity in Finsler geometry (Q626068)
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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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