On Generalized Douglas–Weyl(α, β)-Metrics

In this paper, we study generalized Douglas–Weyl(α, β)-metrics. Suppose that a regular(α, β)-metric F is not of Randers type. We prove that F is a generalized Douglas–Weyl metric with vanishing S-curvature if and only if it is a Berwald metric. Moreover, by ignoring the regularity, if F is not a Berwald metric, then we find a family of almost regular Finsler metrics which is not Douglas nor Weyl. As its application, we show that generalized Douglas–Weyl square metric or Matsumoto metric with isotropic mean Berwald curvature are Berwald metrics.     

Projectively flat Matsumoto metric and its approximation

In this article, the author studies the projectively flat Matsumoto metric F=α2/(α - β), where α=√aijyiyj is a Riemannian metric and β=biyi is a 1-form. They conclude that α is locally projectively flat and β is paralled with respect to α. And get the same result for the higher order approximate Matsumoto metric.     

关于一类弱-Berwald的$(\alpha,\beta)$-度量

In this paper, we study an important class of （α,β）-metrics in the form F = （α＋β）^m＋1/α^m on an n-dimensional manifold and get the conditions for such metrics to be weakly- Berwald metrics, where α = √aij（x）y^iy^j is a Riemannian metric and β = bi（x）y^i is a 1-form and m is a real number with m ≠ -1,0,-1/n. Furthermore, we also prove that this kind of （α,β）-metrics is of isotropic mean Berwald curvature if and only if it is of isotropic S-curvature. In this case, S-curvature vanishes and the metric is weakly-Berwald metric.     

Strongly convex weakly complex Berwald metrics and real Landsberg metrics

Under the assumption that' is a strongly convex weakly Khler Finsler metric on a complex manifold M, we prove that F is a weakly complex Berwald metric if and only if F is a real Landsberg metric.This result together with Zhong(2011) implies that among the strongly convex weakly Kahler Finsler metrics there does not exist unicorn metric in the sense of Bao(2007). We also give an explicit example of strongly convex Kahler Finsler metric which is simultaneously a complex Berwald metric, a complex Landsberg metric,a real Berwald metric, and a real Landsberg metric.     

RANDERS SPACES WITH SCALAR FLAG CURVATURE

Let(M, F) be an n-dimensional Randers space with scalar flag curvature. In this paper, we will introduce the definition of a weak Einstein manifold. We can prove that if(M, F) is a weak Einstein manifold, then the flag curvature is constant.     

On （α,β）-Metrics of Scalar Flag Curvature with Constant S-curvature

In this paper, we study （α,β）-metrics of scalar flag curvature on a manifold M of dimension n （n 〉 3）. Suppose that an （α,β）-metric F is not a Finsler metric of Randers type, that is, F ≠k1 V√α^2 ＋ k2β^2 ＋ k3β, where k1 〉 0, k2 and k3 are scalar functions on M. We prove that F is of scalar flag curvature and of vanishing S-curvature if metric. In this case, F is a locally Minkowski and only if the flag curvature K = 0 and F is a Berwald metric.     

On Douglas General(α,β)-metrics

Douglas metrics are metrics with vanishing Douglas curvature which is an important projective invariant in Finsler geometry. To find more Douglas metrics, in this paper we consider a class of Finsler metrics called general(α,β)-metrics, which are defined by a Riemannian metricα=(a_(ij)(x)y~iy~j)~(1/2) and a 1-form β= b_i(x)y~i. We obtain the differential equations that characterizes these metrics with vanishing Douglas curvature. By solving the equivalent PDEs, the metrics in this class are totally determined. Then many new Douglas metrics are constructed.     

两类具有标量旗曲率的弱Berwald度量

In this paper, we study the （α,β）-metrics of scalar flag curvature in the form of F = α ＋ εβ ＋ κβ^2/α （ε and k ≠ 0 are constants） and F = α^2/α-β. We prove that these two kinds of metrics are weak Berwaldian if and only if they are Berwaldian and their flag curvatures vanish. In this case, the metrics are locally Minkowskian.     

On a class of weak Landsberg metrics

In this paper, we discuss a class of Finsler metrics defined by a Riemannian metric and a 1-form on a manifold. We characterize weak Landsberg metrics in this class and show that there exist weak Landsberg metrics which are not Landsberg metrics in dimension greater than two.     

On the variation of a metric and its application

Some of the variation formulas of a metric were derived in the literatures by using the local coordinates system, In this paper, We give the first and the second variation formulas of the Riemannian curvature tensor, Ricci curvature tensor and scalar curvature of a metric by using the moving frame method. We establish a relation between the variation of the volume of a metric and that of a submanifold. We find that the latter is a consequence of the former. Finally we give an application of these formulas to the variations of heat invariants. We prove that a conformally flat metric g is a critical point of the third heat invariant functional for a compact 4-dimensional manifold M, then （M, g） is either scalar flat or a space form.     

Some projectively flat (α, β)-metrics

In this paper, we study a class of Finsler metrics in the form $F = \alpha + \varepsilon \beta + 2k\tfrac{{\beta ^2 }}{\alpha } - \tfrac{{k^2 \beta ^4 }}{{3\alpha ^3 }}$ , where $\alpha = \sqrt {\alpha _{ij} y^i y^j } $ is a Riemannian metric, β = b _i y ⁱ is a 1-form, and ε and k ≠ 0 are constants. We obtain a sufficient and necessary condition for F to be locally projectively flat and give the non-trivial special solutions. Moreover, it is proved that such projectively flat Finsler metrics with the constant flag curvature must be locally Minkowskian.     

On an Important Non-Riemannian Quantity in Finsler Geometry

In this paper, we study a non-Riemannian quantity ${\bar{{\bf E}}}$ -curvature. We prove that if F is a projectively flat Finsler metric of nonzero flag curvature, then it is Riemannian if and only if ${{\bar{\bf E}}}$ -curvature vanishes. Further, we characterize the Einstein-Douglas metrics with vanishing ${{\bar{\bf E}}}$ -curvature.     

Generalized Einstein tensor for a Weyl manifold and its applications

It is well known that the Einstein tensor G for a Riemannian manifold defined by G βα = R βα 1/2 Rδβα , R βα = g βγ R γα where R γα and R are respectively the Ricci tensor and the scalar curvature of the manifold, plays an important part in Einstein's theory of gravitation as well as in proving some theorems in Riemannian geometry. In this work, we first obtain the generalized Einstein tensor for a Weyl manifold. Then, after studying some properties of generalized Einstein tensor, we prove that the conformal invariance of the generalized Einstein tensor implies the conformal invariance of the curvature tensor of the Weyl manifold and conversely. Moreover, we show that such Weyl manifolds admit a one-parameter family of hypersurfaces the orthogonal trajectories of which are geodesics. Finally, a necessary and sufficient condition in order that the generalized circles of a Weyl manifold be preserved by a conformal mapping is stated in terms of generalized Einstein tensors at corresponding points.     

On Douglas general (<Emphasis Type="Italic">α</Emphasis>, <Emphasis Type="Italic">β</Emphasis>)-metrics

Douglas metrics are metrics with vanishing Douglas curvature which is an important projective invariant in Finsler geometry. To find more Douglas metrics, in this paper we consider a class of Finsler metrics called general (α, β)-metrics, which are defined by a Riemannian metric \(\alpha = \sqrt {{a_{ij}}\left( x \right){y^i}{y^j}} \) and a 1-form β = b _i (x)y ⁱ . We obtain the differential equations that characterizes these metrics with vanishing Douglas curvature. By solving the equivalent PDEs, the metrics in this class are totally determined. Then many new Douglas metrics are constructed.     

Normalized Ricci flows and conformally compact Einstein metrics

In this paper, we investigate the behavior of the normalized Ricci flow on asymptotically hyperbolic manifolds. We show that the normalized Ricci flow exists globally and converges to an Einstein metric when starting from a non-degenerate and sufficiently Ricci pinched metric. More importantly we use maximum principles to establish the regularity of conformal compactness along the normalized Ricci flow including that of the limit metric at time infinity. Therefore we are able to recover the existence results in Graham and Lee (Adv Math 87:186–255, 1991), Lee (Fredholm Operators and Einstein Metrics on Conformally Compact Manifolds, 2006), and Biquard (Surveys in Differential Geometry: Essays on Einstein Manifolds, 1999) of conformally compact Einstein metrics with conformal infinities which are perturbations of that of given non-degenerate conformally compact Einstein metrics.     

Static SKT metrics on Lie groups

An SKT metric is a Hermitian metric on a complex manifold whose fundamental 2-form ω satisfies ${\partial \overline{\partial} \omega=0}$ . Streets and Tian introduced in Streets and Tian (Int Math Res Not IMRN 16:3101–3133, 2010) a Ricci-type flow that preserves the SKT condition. This flow uses the Ricci form associated to the Bismut connection, the unique Hermitian connection with totally skew-symmetric torsion, instead of the Levi-Civita connection. A SKT metric is called static if the (1, 1)-part of the Ricci form of the Bismut connection satisfies (ρ ^B )^{(1, 1)} = λω for some real constant λ. We study invariant static metrics on simply connected Lie groups, providing in particular a classification in dimension 4 and constructing new examples, both compact and non-compact, of static metrics in any dimension.     

Gradient shrinking Ricci solitons of half harmonic Weyl curvature

Gradient Ricci solitons and metrics with half harmonic Weyl curvature are two natural generalizations of Einstein metrics on four-manifolds. In this paper we prove that if a metric has structures of both gradient shrinking Ricci soliton and half harmonic Weyl curvature, then except for three examples, it has to be an Einstein metric with positive scalar curvature. Precisely, we prove that a four-dimensional gradient shrinking Ricci soliton with \(\delta W^{\pm }=0\) is either Einstein, or a finite quotient of \(S^3\times \mathbb {R}\), \(S^2\times \mathbb {R}^2\) or \(\mathbb {R}^4\). We also prove that a four-dimensional gradient Ricci soliton with constant scalar curvature is either Kähler–Einstein, or a finite quotient of \(M\times \mathbb {C}\), where M is a Riemann surface. The method of our proof is to construct a weighted subharmonic function using curvature decompositions and the Weitzenböck formula for half Weyl curvature, and the method was motivated by previous work (Gursky and LeBrun in Ann Glob Anal Geom 17:315–328, 1999; Wu in Einstein four-manifolds of three-nonnegative curvature operator 2013; Trans Am Math Soc 369:1079–1096, 2017; Yang in Invent Math 142:435–450, 2000) on the rigidity of Einstein four-manifolds with positive sectional curvature, and previous work (Cao and Chen in Trans Am Math Soc 364:2377–2391, 2012; Duke Math J 162:1003–1204, 2013; Catino in Math Ann 35:629–635, 2013) on the rigidity of gradient Ricci solitons.     

Existence of solutions for the critical elliptic system with inverse square potentials

Let Ω ? 0 be an open bounded domain in R ^N (N ≥ 3) and $2^* (s) = \tfrac{{2(N - s)}} {{N - 2}}$ , 0 < s < 2. We consider the following elliptic system of two equations in H ₀ ¹ (Ω) × H ₀ ¹ (Ω): $$- \Delta u - t\frac{u} {{\left| x \right|^2 }} = \frac{{2\alpha }} {{\alpha + \beta }}\frac{{\left| u \right|^{\alpha - 2} u\left| v \right|^\beta }} {{\left| x \right|^s }} + \lambda u, - \Delta v - t\frac{v} {{\left| x \right|^2 }} = \frac{{2\beta }} {{\alpha + \beta }}\frac{{\left| u \right|^\alpha \left| v \right|^{\beta - 2} v}} {{\left| x \right|^s }} + \mu v,$$ where λ, µ > 0 and α, β > 1 satisfy α + β = 2*(s). Using the Moser iteration, we prove the asymptotic behavior of solutions at the origin. In addition, by exploiting the Mountain-Pass theorem, we establish the existence of solutions.     

On Einstein Matsumoto metrics

Einstein metrics are solutions to Einstein field equation in General Relativity containing the Ricci-flat metrics. Einstein Finsler metrics which represent a non-Riemannian stage for the extensions of metric gravity, provide an interesting source of geometric issues and the (α,β)-metric is an important class of Finsler metrics appearing iteratively in physical studies. It is proved that every n-dimensional (n≥3) Einstein Matsumoto metric is a Ricci-flat metric with vanishing S-curvature. The main result can be regarded as a second Schur type Lemma for Matsumoto metrics.     

On the Isometry Groups of Invariant Lorentzian Metrics on the Heisenberg Group

This work concerns the invariant Lorentzian metrics on the Heisenberg Lie group of dimension three ${{\rm H}_3(\mathbb{R})}$ and the bi-invariant metrics on the solvable Lie groups of dimension four. We start with the indecomposable Lie groups of dimension four admitting bi-invariant metrics and which act on ${{\rm H}_3(\mathbb{R})}$ by isometries and we study some geometrical features on these spaces. On ${{\rm H}_3(\mathbb{R})}$ , we prove that the property of the metric being proper naturally reductive is equivalent to the property of the center being non-degenerate. These metrics are Lorentzian algebraic Ricci solitons.