On the definition and examples of cones and Finsler spacetimes

DOI10.1007/S13398-019-00736-YMaRDI QIDQ2289387zbMATH OpenOpenAlexFDO

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)

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

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)

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.

Recommendations

• On the definition and examples of Finsler metrics
• scientific article; zbMATH DE number 1226438
• Cones over Einstein spaces
• Conical spacetimes and global hyperbolicity
• On conformally related spherically symmetric Finsler metrics
• ON SECTIONALLY-ELLIPTICAL CONICAL SPACE–TIMES
• On Finsler spaces of constant curvature
• scientific article; zbMATH DE number 4050453
• Conformally Berwald and conformally flat Finsler spaces
• scientific article; zbMATH DE number 3362639

Cites work

• scientific article; zbMATH DE number 1001612 (Why is no real title available?)
• scientific article; zbMATH DE number 3842680 (Why is no real title available?)
• scientific article; zbMATH DE number 1846767 (Why is no real title available?)
• scientific article; zbMATH DE number 862955 (Why is no real title available?)
• scientific article; zbMATH DE number 3194988 (Why is no real title available?)
• A Finsler geodesic spray paradigm for wildfire spread modelling
• Affine sphere relativity
• An equivalence of Finslerian relativistic theories
• Anisotropic conformal invariance of lightlike geodesics in pseudo-Finsler manifolds
• CONVEX REGIONS IN THE GEOMETRY OF PATHS—ADDENDUM
• Conformal maps between pseudo-Finsler spaces
• Convex domains of Finsler and Riemannian manifolds
• Convex neighborhoods for Lipschitz connections and sprays
• Convexity of domains of Riemannian manifolds
• Differential geometric aspects of causal structures
• Differential geometry of spray and Finsler spaces
• Fermat principle in Finsler spacetimes
• Finsler geometry, relativity and gauge theories
• Finsler metrics and relativistic spacetimes
• Finsler-Randers cosmology: dynamical analysis and growth of matter perturbations
• General Relativity for Mathematicians
• Global and fine approximation of convex functions
• Helmholtz conditions and symmetries for the time dependent case of the inverse problem of the calculus of variations
• Indefinite Finsler Spaces and Timelike Spaces
• Light cones in Finsler spacetime
• Lyapounov functions of closed cone fields: from Conley theory to time functions
• Note on Finslerian relativity
• On Finsler spacetimes with a timelike Killing vector field
• On smooth time functions
• On the definition and examples of Finsler metrics
• On the existence and construction of stably causal Lorentzian metrics.
• Penrose's singularity theorem in a Finsler spacetime
• Principles of Einstein-Finsler gravity and perspectives in modern cosmology
• Riemann-Finsler geometry and Lorentz-violating scalar fields
• Standard static Finsler spacetimes
• The Binet-Legendre metric in Finsler geometry
• The Conjugate Locus of a Riemannian Manifold
• The causal hierarchy of space-times
• The geometry of time-dependent Lagrangians
• The problem of optimal smoothing for convex functions
• Volume forms for time orientable Finsler spacetimes
• Wind Riemannian spaceforms and Randers-Kropina metrics of constant flag curvature
• Zermelo navigation in pseudo-Finsler metrics
• Zermelo navigation on Riemannian manifolds

Cited in

(40)

• Electromagnetic and gravitational interactions from Lagrangian mechanics
• Globally hyperbolic spacetimes: slicings, boundaries and counterexamples
• Anisotropic connections and parallel transport in Finsler spacetimes
• Ricci-flat Finsler metrics by warped product
• Lightlike hypersurfaces and time-minimizing geodesics in cone structures
• Lorentzian distance functions in contact geometry
• The flag curvature of a submanifold of a Randers-Minkowski space in terms of Zermelo data
• An equivalence of Finslerian relativistic theories
• Snell’s law revisited and generalized via Finsler geometry
• Four-dimensional SO(3)-spherically symmetric Berwald Finsler spaces
• On the regularity of Cauchy hypersurfaces and temporal functions in closed cone structures
• Metrizability of \(\operatorname{SO}(3)\)-invariant connections: Riemann versus Finsler
• Anisotropic conformal change of conic pseudo-Finsler surfaces. I.
• Wind Finslerian structures: from Zermelo's navigation to the causality of spacetimes
• Fixed energy solutions to the Euler-Lagrange equations of an indefinite Lagrangian with affine Noether charge
• Finsler gravitational waves of (α, β)-type and their observational signature
• Time-extremal navigation in arbitrary winds on conformally flat Riemannian manifolds
• On the metrizability of m-Kropina spaces with closed null one-form
• Anisotropic conformal invariance of lightlike geodesics in pseudo-Finsler manifolds
• Applications of cone structures to the anisotropic rheonomic Huygens' principle
• Kinetic gases in static spherically symmetric modified dispersion relations
• On geometry of Finsler causality: for convex cones, there is no affine-invariant linear order (similar to comparing volumes)
• Causal hierarchy in modified gravity
• The Cayley cubic and differential equations
• The Morse index theorem in the case of two variable endpoints in conic Finsler manifolds
• Identifying Berwald Finsler geometries
• Smooth semi-Lipschitz functions and almost isometries between Finsler manifolds
• Inequalities from Lorentz-Finsler norms
• Light cones in Finsler spacetime
• Finsler pp-waves and the Penrose limit
• A variational setting for an indefinite Lagrangian with an affine Noether charge
• Mathematical foundations for field theories on Finsler spacetimes
• Standard static Finsler spacetimes
• Affine sphere relativity
• Comparison theorems on weighted Finsler manifolds and spacetimes with \(\epsilon\)-range
• Gravitational quantum dynamics: a geometrical perspective
• Deforming convex bodies in Minkowski geometry
• On the definition and examples of Finsler metrics
• An account on links between Finsler and Lorentz geometries for Riemannian geometers
• A General Model for Wildfire Propagation with Wind and Slope

This page was built for publication: On the definition and examples of cones and Finsler spacetimes

Report a bug (only for logged in users!)Click here to report a bug for this page (MaRDI item Q2289387)