On the energy functional on Finsler manifolds and applications to stationary spacetimes

DOI10.1007/S00208-010-0602-7zbMATH Open1228.53052arXivmath/0702323OpenAlexW2064891315MaRDI QIDQ641849FDOQ641849

Authors: Erasmo Caponio, Miguel Angel Javaloyes, Antonio Masiello 

Publication date: 25 October 2011

Published in: Mathematische Annalen (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: In this paper we first study some global properties of the energy functional on a non-reversible Finsler manifold. In particular we present a fully detailed proof of the Palais--Smale condition under the completeness of the Finsler metric. Moreover we define a Finsler metric of Randers type, which we call Fermat metric, associated to a conformally standard stationary spacetime. We shall study the influence of the Fermat metric on the causal properties of the spacetime, mainly the global hyperbolicity. Moreover we study the relations between the energy functional of the Fermat metric and the Fermat principle for the light rays in the spacetime. This allows us to obtain existence and multiplicity results for light rays, using the Finsler theory. Finally the case of timelike geodesics with fixed energy is considered.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/math/0702323

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zbMATH Keywords

Finsler manifoldenergy functionalstationary spacetime

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Geodesics in global differential geometry (53C22) Global differential geometry of Lorentz manifolds, manifolds with indefinite metrics (53C50) Global differential geometry of Finsler spaces and generalizations (areal metrics) (53C60) Abstract critical point theory (Morse theory, Lyusternik-Shnirel'man theory, etc.) in infinite-dimensional spaces (58E05)

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