Semi-concurrent vector fields in Finsler geometry

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

Abstract: In the present paper, we introduce and investigate the notion of a semi concurrent vector field on a Finsler manifold. We show that some special Finsler manifolds admitting such vector fields turn out to be Riemannian. We prove that Tachibana's characterization of Finsler manifolds admitting a concurrent vector field leads to Riemannain metrics. We give an answer to the question raised in cite{DWF}: "Is any n-dimensional Finsler manifold

(M, F)

, admitting a non-constant smooth function

f

on

M

such that

f r a c p a r t i a l f p a r t i a l x^{i} f r a c p a r t i a l g^{i j} p a r t i a l y^{k} = 0

, a Riemannian manifold?". Various examples for conic Finsler and Riemannian spaces that admit semi-concurrent vector field are presented. Finally, we conjectured that there is no regular Finsler non-Riemannian metric that admits a semi-concurrent vector field. In other words, a Finsler metric admitting a semi-concurrent vector field is necessarily either Riemannian or conic Finslerian.

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The current paper deals with semi-concurrent vector fields in Finsler geometry. At first, the condition for a vector field on a smooth Finsler manifold to be semi-concurrent is obtained. It is proved that some special Finsler manifolds viz. two-dimensional Finsler manifolds, three-dimensional Finsler manifolds with reversible geodesics, \(C\)-reducible Finsler manifolds, and Berwald manifolds with certain restictions, admitting a semi-concurrent vector fields are Riemannian. Further, it is proved that a semi-\(C\)-reducible Finsler manifold admitting semi-concurrent vector field is either Riemannian or \(C2\)-like. It is also shown that a Finsler manifold satisfying the \(SC\)-condition is Riemannian if and only if the \(T\)-tensor vanishes. Some special cases of concurrent vector fields are also studied. Finally, an example of doubly warped product Finsler metric is constructed using some Finsler spaces admitting semi-concurrent vector fields.

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