Adiabatic limit and connections in Finsler geometry

DOI10.4310/CAG.2013.V21.N3.A6zbMATH Open1286.53026arXiv1207.1552OpenAlexW2964197306MaRDI QIDQ376090FDOQ376090

Authors: Huitao Feng, Ming Li 

Publication date: 1 November 2013

Published in: Communications in Analysis and Geometry (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: In this paper, we identify the Bott connection on the natural foliation of the projective sphere bundle of a Finsler manifold to the Chern connection of this manifold. As a consequence, the symmetrization of the Bott connection turns out to be the Cartan connection of the Finsler manifold. Following Liu-Zhang cite{LiuZ}, the Cartan connection can also be obtained through an adiabatic limit process. Furthermore, a Chern-Simons type form is defined and its conformal properties are discussed.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/1207.1552

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zbMATH Keywords

foliationChern connectionadiabatic limitBott connectionCartan connectionChern-Simons type formprojective sphere bundle

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Local differential geometry of Finsler spaces and generalizations (areal metrics) (53B40) Global differential geometry of Finsler spaces and generalizations (areal metrics) (53C60)

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