A Riemannian approach to Randers geodesics

DOI10.1016/J.GEOMPHYS.2016.03.019MaRDI QIDQ295744zbMATH OpenOpenAlexWikidataFDO

Authors Dorje C. Brody, D. M. Meier, Gary W. Gibbons

Publication date 13 June 2016

Published in Journal of Geometry and Physics (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL https://arxiv.org/abs/1507.08185

zbMATH Keywords

control theoryFinsler geometryRanders metricZermelo navigation

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Local differential geometry of Finsler spaces and generalizations (areal metrics) (53B40) Applications of local differential geometry to the sciences (53B50) Relations of PDEs with special manifold structures (Riemannian, Finsler, etc.) (58J60)

Abstract: In certain circumstances tools of Riemannian geometry are sufficient to address questions arising in the more general Finslerian context. We show that one such instance presents itself in the characterisation of geodesics in Randers spaces of constant flag curvature. To achieve a simple, Riemannian derivation of this special family of curves, we exploit the connection between Randers spaces and the Zermelo problem of time-optimal navigation in the presence of background fields. The characterisation of geodesics is then proven by generalising an intuitive argument developed recently for the solution of the quantum Zermelo problem.

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