On an important non-Riemannian quantity in Finsler geometry

DOI10.1007/S00025-013-0361-3MaRDI QIDQ2016035zbMATH OpenOpenAlexWikidataFDO

Authors Chen Guangzu, Cheng Xinyue

Publication date 18 June 2014

Published in Results in Mathematics (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL https://doi.org/10.1007/s00025-013-0361-3

zbMATH Keywords

\(\bar E\)-curvatureEinstein-Douglas metricflag curvatureprojectively flat Finsler metricRiemannian metric

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Local differential geometry of Finsler spaces and generalizations (areal metrics) (53B40) Global differential geometry of Finsler spaces and generalizations (areal metrics) (53C60)

Review text

Let \(F\) be a Finsler metric. Using the mean Berwald curvature and the horizontal covariant derivative with respect to the Berwald connection, Z. Shen defined a non-Riemannian quantity \(\bar{E}\) called \(\bar{E}\)-curvature. In this paper the authors consider a projectively flat Finsler metric \(F\) and prove the following results: First, if the flag curvature \(K\) vanishes, then the \(\bar{E} \)-curvature must also vanish. Secondly, if the flag curvature is nonzero, then \(F\) is Riemannian if and only if \(\bar{E}=0\). Finally, if \(F\) is an Einstein Douglas metric with \(\bar{E}=0\) and \(K=0\), then \(F\) is Riemannian.

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