Projective and Finsler metrizability: parameterization-rigidity of the geodesics

DOI10.1142/S0129167X12500991zbMATH Open1263.53070arXiv1108.4628OpenAlexW3101031256MaRDI QIDQ2909617FDOQ2909617

Authors: Zoltán Muzsnay, Ioan Bucataru 

Publication date: 6 September 2012

Published in: International Journal of Mathematics (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: In this work we show that for the geodesic spray $S$ of a Finsler function $F$ the most natural projective deformation $widetildeS=S-2lambdaFmathbbC$ leads to a non-Finsler metrizable spray, for almost every value of $lambdainmathbbR$. This result shows how rigid is the metrizablility property with respect to certain reparameterizations of the geodesics. As a consequence we obtain that the projective class of an arbitrary spray contains infinitely many sprays that are not Finsler metrizable.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/1108.4628

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zbMATH Keywords

sectional curvaturegeodesicsFinsler metrizabilityprojective metrizabilitysprays

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Inverse problems in optimal control (49N45) Global differential geometry of Finsler spaces and generalizations (areal metrics) (53C60) Riemannian, Finsler and other geometric structures on infinite-dimensional manifolds (58B20) Variational principles in infinite-dimensional spaces (58E30)

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