Almost every path structure is not variational

DOI10.1007/s10714-022-03006-2OpenAlexW4306291473MaRDI QIDQ2098145

Vladimir S. Matveev, Boris S. Kruglikov

Publication date: 17 November 2022

Published in: General Relativity and Gravitation (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/2203.15029

zbMATH Keywords

geodesicsEuler-Lagrange equationjet spaceprojective structureFinsler metricssymmetry analysismetrizationKropina metricsinverse variational problempath structure

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Relativity and gravitational theory (83-XX)

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