On the non-Riemannian quantity H in Finsler geometry

In this paper, we study a new non-Riemannian quantity H defined by the S-curvature. We find that the non-Riemannian quantity is closely related to S-curvature. We characterize Randers metrics of almost isotropic S-curvature if and only if they have almost vanishing H-curvature. Furthermore, the Randers metrics actually have zero S-curvature if and only if they have vanishing H-curvature.     

Locally symmetric positively curved Finsler spaces

We showed that any compact locally symmetric Finsler metric with positive flag curvature must be Riemannian. Dedicated to Professor Karsten Grove on the occassion of his sixtieth birthday Received: 8 May 2006     

Finsler cases of GF-space

Summary Finsler cases of the generalized-Finslerian structure associated with a product manifold are investigated. The indicatrix of any Finsler space thus obtained is found to be conformally flat in dimensionsN > 4. The cases where the indicatrix is of constant curvature are described in detail.     

Uniform convexity and smoothness,and their applications in Finsler geometry

We generalize the Alexandrov–Toponogov comparison theorems to Finsler manifolds. Under suitable upper (lower, resp.) bounds on the flag and tangent curvatures together with the 2-uniform convexity (smoothness, resp.) of tangent spaces, we show the 2-uniform convexity (smoothness, resp.) of Finsler manifolds. As applications, we prove the almost everywhere existence of the second order differentials of semi-convex functions and of c-concave functions with the quadratic cost function.     

On conformal transformations of kropina metric

M. Hashiguchi [3] has studied the conformal theory of Finsler spaces. The theory of Kropina metric was investigated by L. Berwald [1] and V. K. Kropina [4]. The purpose of the present paper is to establish the conformal theory of Kropina metric. In this paper the transformation formulae for the difference tensor D _ik ⁱ (x, ) and Cartan's connection coefficients _k ^*i (x, ) have been obtained.     

Circles and spheres in pseudo-Riemannian geometry

Summary A totally umbilical pseudo-Riemannian submanifold with the parallel mean curvature vector field is said to be an extrinsic sphere. A regular curve in a pseudo-Riemannian manifold is called a circle if it is an extrinsic sphere. LetM be ann-dimensional pseudo-Riemannian submanifold of index (0n) in a pseudo-Riemannian manifold with the metricg and the second fundamental formB. The following theorems are proved. For ₀ = +1 or –1, ₁ = +1, –1 or 0 (2–2 ₀+ ₁2n–2–2) and a positive constantk, every circlec inM withg(c, c) = ₀ andg( _c c, _c c) = ₁ k ² is a circle in iffM is an extrinsic sphere. For ₀ = +1 or –1 (–₀n–), every geodesicc inM withg(c, c) = ₀ is a circle in iffM is constant isotropic and B(x,x,x) = 0 for anyx T(M). In this theorem, assume, moreover, that 1n–1 and the first normal space is definite or zero at every point. Then we can prove thatM is an extrinsic sphere. When = 0 orn, this fact does not hold in general.     

Harmonic symmetrization of convex sets and of Finsler structures,with applications to Hilbert geometry

David Hilbert discovered in 1895 an important metric that is canonically associated to an arbitrary convex domain Ω$\Omega$ in the Euclidean (or projective) space. This metric is known to be Finslerian, and the usual proof of this fact assumes a certain degree of smoothness of the boundary of Ω$\Omega$, and refers to a theorem by Busemann and Mayer that produces the norm of a tangent vector from the distance function. In this paper, we develop a new approach for the study of the Hilbert metric where no differentiability is assumed. The approach exhibits the Hilbert metric on a domain as a symmetrization of a natural weak metric, known as the Funk metric. The Funk metric is described as a tautological   weak Finsler metric, in which the unit ball in each tangent space is naturally identified with the domain Ω$\Omega$ itself. The Hilbert metric is then identified with the reversible tautological weak Finsler structure   on Ω$\Omega$, and the unit ball of the Hilbert metric at each point is described as the harmonic symmetrization of the unit ball of the Funk metric. Properties of the Hilbert metric then follow from general properties of harmonic symmetrizations of weak Finsler structures.     

Some classes of sprays in projective spray geometry

This paper studies some properties of projective changes in spray and Finsler geometry. Firstly, it obtains a comparison theorem on Ricci curvature for projectively related Finsler metrics. Secondly, it studies the properties of a class of projectively flat sprays, which particularly shows that there exist many isotropic sprays that cannot be induced by any (even singular) Finsler metrics.     

Über Torsion,Krümmung und Autoparallelität der Finsler—Ōtsukischen Räume

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The Editors of the Periodica Mathematica Hungarica announce with deep sorrow that ProfessorArthur Moór, member of the Editorial Board, deceased shortly after completing the present article.     

Torsion and conformally Anosov flows in contact Riemannian geometry

We prove that on a compact (non Sasakian) contact metric 3-manifold with critical metric for the Chern-Hamilton functional, the characteristic vector field ξ is conformally Anosov and there exists a smooth curve in the contact distribution of conformally Anosov flows. As a consequence, we show that negativity of the ξ-sectional curvature is not a necessary condition for conformal Anosovicity of ξ (this completes a result of [4]). Moreover, we study contact metric 3-manifolds with constant ξ-sectional curvature and, in particular, correct a result of [13].     

A local and global splitting result for real Kähler Euclidean submanifolds

We show that if a real Kähler Euclidean submanifold is as far as possible of being minimal, then it should split locally as a product of hypersurfaces almost everywhere, possibly in lower codimension. In addition, if the manifold is complete, simply connected and has constant nullity, it should split globally as a product of surfaces in and an Euclidean factor. Several applications are also given.Received: 28 May 2004     

A characterization of constant isotropic immersions by circles

Motivated by the well-known result of Nomizu and Yano [4], we provide a characterization of constant isotropic immersions into an arbitrary Riemannian manifold by circles on the submanifolds. As an immediate consequence of this result, we characterize Veronese imbeddings of complex projective spaces into complex projective spaces which are typical examples of Kähler immersions. Received: 11 January 2002     

Complete real Kähler submanifolds in codimension two

Minimal isometric immersions \(f : M^{2n} \rightarrow {\mathbb{R}}^{2n+2}\) in codimension two from a complete Kähler manifold into Euclidean space had been classified in Dajczer and Gromoll (Invent Math 119:235–242, 1995) for n ≥  3. In this note we describe the non-minimal situation showing that, if f is real analytic but not everywhere minimal, then f is a cylinder over a real Kähler surface \(g : N^4 \rightarrow {\mathbb{R}}^6\) , that is, \(M^{2n} = N^4 \times {\mathbb{C}}^{n-2}\) and f = g × id split, where \({id} : {\mathbb{C}}^{n-2} \cong {\mathbb{R}}^{2n-4}\) is the identity map. Moreover, g can be further described.     

Weakly conformal Finsler geometry

An extension of conformal equivalence for Finsler metrics is introduced and called weakly conformal equivalence and is used to define the weakly conformal transformations. The conformal Lichnerowicz‐Obata conjecture is refined to weakly conformal Finsler geometry. It is proved that: If X is a weakly conformal complete vector field on a connected Finsler space (M, F) of dimension , then, at least one of the following statements holds: (a) There exists a Finsler metric F₁ weakly conformally equivalent to F such that X is a Killing vector field of the Finsler metric, (b) M is diffeomorphic to the sphere and the Finsler metric is weakly conformally equivalent to the standard Riemannian metric on , and (c) M is diffeomorphic to the Euclidean space and the Finsler metric F is weakly conformally equivalent to a Minkowski metric on . The considerations invite further dynamics on Finsler manifolds.