Funk functions and projective deformations of sprays and Finsler spaces of scalar flag curvature

DOI10.1007/s12220-015-9661-zzbMath1358.53079arXiv1412.5282MaRDI QIDQ345309

Ioan Bucataru

Publication date: 1 December 2016

Published in: The Journal of Geometric Analysis (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/1412.5282

zbMATH Keywords

Riemann curvature; Funk function; scalar flag curvature; Finsler metrizability; geodesic spray; Jacobi endomorphism; projective deformation

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

58E30: Variational principles in infinite-dimensional spaces

58B20: Riemannian, Finsler and other geometric structures on infinite-dimensional manifolds

53C60: Global differential geometry of Finsler spaces and generalizations (areal metrics)

53B40: Local differential geometry of Finsler spaces and generalizations (areal metrics)

49N45: Inverse problems in optimal control

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Inverse problem of left invariant sprays on Lie groups, Non-existence of Funk functions for Finsler spaces of non-vanishing scalar flag curvature

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