On the definition and examples of cones and Finsler spacetimes

DOI10.1007/S13398-019-00736-YzbMATH Open1432.53091arXiv1805.06978OpenAlexW2803948559MaRDI QIDQ2289387FDOQ2289387

Authors: Miguel Angel Javaloyes, Miguel Sánchez 

Publication date: 28 January 2020

Published in: Revista de la Real Academia de Ciencias Exactas, Físicas y Naturales. Serie A: Matemáticas. RACSAM (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: A systematic study of (smooth, strong) cone structures $C$ and Lorentz-Finsler metrics $L$ is carried out. As a link between both notions, cone triples $(Omega,T,F)$, where $Omega$ (resp. $T$) is a 1-form (resp. vector field) with $Omega(T)equiv1$ and $F$, a Finsler metric on $ker(Omega)$, are introduced. Explicit descriptions of all the Finsler spacetimes are given, paying special attention to stationary and static ones, as well as to issues related to differentiability. In particular, cone structures $C$ are bijectively associated with classes of anisotropically conformal metrics $L$, and the notion of {em cone geodesic} is introduced consistently with both structures. As a non-relativistic application, the {em time-dependent} Zermelo navigation problem is posed rigorously, and its general solution is provided.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/1805.06978

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zbMATH Keywords

Zermelo navigation problemcone structureFinsler spacetimegeneralized Fermat principleLorentz-Finsler metrics and normsstatic and stationary spacetimes

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Global differential geometry of Lorentz manifolds, manifolds with indefinite metrics (53C50) Global differential geometry of Finsler spaces and generalizations (areal metrics) (53C60) Relativistic gravitational theories other than Einstein's, including asymmetric field theories (83D05) Kinematics of a particle (70B05)

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