The Binet-Legendre metric in Finsler geometry

DOI10.2140/GT.2012.16.2135zbMATH Open1258.53080arXiv1104.1647OpenAlexW3101694757MaRDI QIDQ691550FDOQ691550

Authors: Vladimir S. Matveev, Marc Troyanov 

Publication date: 3 December 2012

Published in: Geometry \& Topology (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: For every Finsler metric $F$ we associate a Riemannian metric $g_F$ (called the Binet-Legendre metric). The transformation $Fmapsto{g}_F$ is $C^0$-stable and has good smoothness properties, in contrast to previous constructions. The Riemannian metric $g_F$ also behaves nicely under conformal or bilipshitz deformation of the Finsler metric $F$. These properties makes it a powerful tool in Finsler geometry and we illustrate that by solving a number of named Finslerian geometric problems. We also generalize and give new and shorter proofs of a number of known results. In particular we answer a question of M. Matsumoto about local conformal mapping between two Minkowski spaces, we describe all possible conformal self maps and all self similarities on a Finsler manifold. We also classify all compact conformally flat Finsler manifolds, solve a conjecture of S. Deng and Z. Hou on the Berwaldian character of locally symmetric Finsler spaces, and extend the classic result of H.C. Wang about the maximal dimension of the isometry groups of Finsler manifolds to manifolds of all dimensions. Most proofs in this paper go along the following scheme: using the correspondence $Fmapsto{g}_F$we reduce the Finslerian problem to a similar problem for the Binet-Legendre metric, which is easier and is already solved in most cases we consider. The solution of the Riemannian problem provides us with the additional information that helps to solve the initial Finslerian problem. Our methods apply even in the absence of the strong convexity assumption usually assumed in Finsler geometry. The smoothness hypothesis can also be replaced by that of partial smoothness, a notion we introduce in the paper. Our results apply therefore to a vast class of Finsler metrics not usually considered in the Finsler literature.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/1104.1647

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zbMATH Keywords

conformal invariantsFinsler metricsKilling vector fieldsconformal transformationslocally symmetric spacesBerwald spaces

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Differential geometry of symmetric spaces (53C35) Global differential geometry of Finsler spaces and generalizations (areal metrics) (53C60) Riemannian, Finsler and other geometric structures on infinite-dimensional manifolds (58B20) Conformal mappings of special domains (30C20)

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