On Riemannian and Ricci curvatures of Ingarden-Támassy metrics (Q6553776)

The authors study reversibility of the Riemann curvature and the Ricci curvature for the Ingarden-Tamassy metric which was introduced by \textit{R. S. Ingarden} and \textit{L. Tamássy} [Math. Comput. Modelling 20, No. 4--5, 93--107 (1994; Zbl 0967.53507)] when they were studying physical applications of Finsler metrics in electron optics and thermodynamics. \N\NLet \(F=\alpha\phi(s)\) with \(s=\beta/\alpha\) be an \((\alpha,\beta)\)-metric on a manifold \(M\), where \(\phi=\phi(s)\) is a scalar function, \(\alpha\) is a Riemannian metric and \(\beta\) is a \(1\)-form on \(M\). Then the authors prove the following two results.\N\N(1) The Ingarden-Tamassy metric is \(R\)-reversible if and only if it satisfies \(s_i = 0\) and \(s_{ijj|k} = 0\);\N\N(2) The Ingarden-Tamassy metric is Ricci-reversible if and only if it satisfies \(s_i = 0\).