On Asanov's Finsleroid-Finsler metrics as the solutions of a conformal rigidity problem

DOI10.1016/J.DIFGEO.2017.05.006MaRDI QIDQ2399778zbMATH OpenOpenAlexWikidataFDO

Authors Csaba Vincze

Publication date 24 August 2017

Published in Differential Geometry and its Applications (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL https://arxiv.org/abs/1601.08177

zbMATH Keywords

conformalityFinsler spacesFinsleroid-Finsler metrics

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Rigidity results (53C24) Global differential geometry of Finsler spaces and generalizations (areal metrics) (53C60)

Abstract: Finsleroid-Finsler metrics form an important class of singular (y-local) Finsler metrics. They were introduced by G. S. Asanov [2] in 2006. As the special case of the general construction Asanov produced singular (y - local) examples of Landsberg spaces of dimension at least three that are not of Berwald type. The existence of regular (y - global) Landsberg metrics that are not of Berwald type is an open problem up to this day; for a detailed exposition of the so-called unicorn problem in Finsler geometry see D. Bao [3]. In this paper we are going to characterize the Finsleroid-Finsler metrics as the solutions of a conformal rigidity problem. We are looking for (non-Riemannian) Finsler metrics admitting a (non-homothetic) conformal change such that the mixed curvature tensor of the Berwald connection contracted by the derivatives of the logarithmic scale function is invariant. We prove that the solutions of class at least $mathcal{C}^2$ on the complement of the zero section are conformal to Finsleroid-Finsler metrics.

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