ENERGY β-CONFORMAL CHANGE IN FINSLER GEOMETRY

2012 ◽  
Vol 09 (04) ◽  
pp. 1250029 ◽  
Author(s):  
A. SOLEIMAN
Keyword(s):  
Vector Field ◽  
Finsler Geometry ◽  
Linear Connection ◽  
Finsler Manifold ◽  
Free Form ◽  
Cartan Connection ◽  
Chern Connection ◽  
Conformal Change ◽  
Berwald Connection ◽  
Curvature Tensors

The present paper deals with an intrinsic generalization of the conformal change and energy β-change on a Finsler manifold (M.L.), namely the energy β-conformal change ([Formula: see text] with [Formula: see text]; [Formula: see text] being a concurrent π-vector field and σ(x) is a function on M). The relation between the two Barthel connections Γ and [Formula: see text], corresponding to this change, is found. This relation, together with the fact that the Cartan and the Barthel connections have the same horizontal and vertical projectors, enable us to study the energy β-conformal change of the fundamental linear connection in Finsler geometry: the Cartan connection, the Berwald connection, the Chern connection and the Hashiguchi connection. Moreover, the change of their curvature tensors is obtained. It should be pointed out that the present work is formulated in a prospective modern coordinate-free form.

PARALLEL π-VECTOR FIELDS AND ENERGY β-CHANGE

2011 ◽  
Vol 08 (04) ◽  
pp. 753-772 ◽  
Author(s):  
A. SOLEIMAN
Keyword(s):  
Vector Field ◽  
Vector Fields ◽  
Finsler Geometry ◽  
Linear Connection ◽  
Free Form ◽  
Cartan Connection ◽  
Finsler Spaces ◽  
Chern Connection ◽  
Berwald Connection ◽  
Curvature Tensors

The present paper deals with an intrinsic investigation of the notion of a parallel π-vector field on the pullback bundle of a Finsler manifold (M, L). The effect of the existence of a parallel π-vector field on some important special Finsler spaces is studied. An intrinsic investigation of a particular β-change, namely the energy β-change ([Formula: see text]with[Formula: see text] being a parallel π-vector field), is established. The relation between the two Barthel connections Γ and [Formula: see text], corresponding to this change, is found. This relation, together with the fact that the Cartan and the Barthel connections have the same horizontal and vertical projectors, enable us to study the energy β-change of the fundamental linear connection in Finsler geometry: The Cartan connection, the Berwald connection, the Chern connection and the Hashiguchi connection. Moreover, the change of their curvature tensors is concluded. It should be pointed out that the present work is formulated in a prospective modern coordinate-free form.

scholarly journals CONCURRENT π-VECTOR FIELDS AND ENERGY β-CHANGE

2009 ◽  
Vol 06 (06) ◽  
pp. 1003-1031 ◽  
Author(s):  
NABIL L. YOUSSEF ◽  
S. H. ABED ◽  
A. SOLEIMAN
Keyword(s):  
Vector Field ◽  
Vector Fields ◽  
Finsler Geometry ◽  
Linear Connection ◽  
Free Form ◽  
Cartan Connection ◽  
Finsler Spaces ◽  
Chern Connection ◽  
Berwald Connection ◽  
Curvature Tensors

The present paper deals with an intrinsic investigation of the notion of a concurrent π-vector field on the pullback bundle of a Finsler manifold (M, L). The effect of the existence of a concurrent π-vector field on some important special Finsler spaces is studied. An intrinsic investigation of a particular β-change, namely the energy β-change ([Formula: see text]with[Formula: see text]; [Formula: see text] being a concurrent π-vector field), is established. The relation between the two Barthel connections Γ and [Formula: see text], corresponding to this change, is found. This relation, together with the fact that the Cartan and the Barthel connections have the same horizontal and vertical projectors, enable us to study the energy β-change of the fundamental linear connection in Finsler geometry: the Cartan connection, the Berwald connection, the Chern connection, and the Hashiguchi connection. Moreover, the change of their curvature tensors is concluded. It should be pointed out that the present work is formulated in a prospective modern coordinate-free form.

scholarly journals Shen's -process on Berwald connection

2020 ◽  
Vol 72 (8) ◽  
pp. 1134-1148
Author(s):  
M. Faghfouri ◽  
N. Jazer
Keyword(s):  
Explicit Form ◽  
Finsler Geometry ◽  
The Other ◽  
Chern Connection ◽  
Finsler Manifolds ◽  
Berwald Connection ◽  
Torsion Free

The Shen connection cannot be obtained by using Matsumoto's processes from the other well-known connections.  Hence Tayebi–Najafi introduced two new processes called Shen's and -processes and showed that the Shen connection is obtained from the Chern connection by Shen's -process.  In this paper, we  study the Shen's - and -process on Berwald connection and introduce two new torsion-free connections in Finsler geometry.  Then, we obtain all of Riemannian and non-Riemannian curvatures of these connections.  Using it, we find the explicit form of -curvatures of these connections and prove that -curvatures of these connections are vanishing if and only if the Finsler structures reduce to Berwaldian or Riemannian structures.  As an application, we consider compact Finsler manifolds and obtain ODEs.

ON THE GAUSS–BONNET FORMULA IN RIEMANN–FINSLER GEOMETRY

2002 ◽  
Vol 34 (3) ◽  
pp. 329-340 ◽  
Author(s):  
BRAD LACKEY
Keyword(s):  
Finsler Space ◽  
Finsler Geometry ◽  
Euler Class ◽  
Constant Volume ◽  
Finsler Spaces ◽  
Chern Connection ◽  
Civita Connection ◽  
Levi Civita Connection ◽  
Riemannian Case ◽  
Torsion Free

Using Chern's method of transgression, the Euler class of a compact orientable Riemann–Finsler space is represented by polynomials in the connection and curvature matrices of a torsion-free connection. When using the Chern connection (and hence the Christoffel–Levi–Civita connection in the Riemannian case), this result extends the Gauss–Bonnet formula of Bao and Chern to Finsler spaces whose indicatrices need not have constant volume.

scholarly journals On generalized P-reducible Finsler manifolds

2018 ◽  
Vol 16 (1) ◽  
pp. 718-723
Author(s):  
Seyyed Mohammad Zamanzadeh ◽  
Behzad Najafi ◽  
Megerdich Toomanian
Keyword(s):  
Vector Field ◽  
Finsler Geometry ◽  
Finsler Manifolds ◽  
Cartan Torsion ◽  
Mean Cartan Torsion

AbstractThe class of generalized P-reducible manifolds (briefly GP-reducible manifolds) was first introduced by Tayebi and his collaborates [1]. This class of Finsler manifolds contains the classes of P-reducible manifolds, C-reducible manifolds and Landsberg manifolds. We prove that every compact GP-reducible manifold with positive or negative character is a Randers manifold. The norm of Cartan torsion plays an important role for studying immersion theory in Finsler geometry. We find the relation between the norm of Cartan torsion, mean Cartan torsion, Landsberg and mean Landsberg curvatures of the class of GP-reducible manifolds. Finally, we prove that every GP-reducible manifold admitting a concurrent vector field reduces to a weakly Landsberg manifold.

Conformai Curvature Tensors

2011 ◽  
Author(s):  
Charles Fefferman ◽  
C. Robin Graham
Keyword(s):  
Normal Form ◽  
Curvature Tensor ◽  
Riemannian Metric ◽  
Conformal Group ◽  
Conformal Change ◽  
Conformal Curvature ◽  
Covariant Derivatives ◽  
Curvature Tensors ◽  
Derivatives Of

This chapter studies conformal curvature tensors of a pseudo-Riemannian metric g. These are defined in terms of the covariant derivatives of the curvature tensor of an ambient metric in normal form relative to g. Their transformation laws under conformal change are given in terms of the action of a subgroup of the conformal group O(p + 1, q + 1) on tensors. It is assumed throughout this chapter that n ≥ 3.

On a recurrent finsler manifold with a concircular vector field

1978 ◽  
Vol 32 (3-4) ◽  
pp. 287-292 ◽  
Author(s):  
R. B. Misra ◽  
F. M. Meher ◽  
N. Kishore
Keyword(s):  
Vector Field ◽  
Finsler Manifold

scholarly journals A NEW QUANTITY IN RIEMANN-FINSLER GEOMETRY

2012 ◽  
Vol 54 (3) ◽  
pp. 637-645 ◽  
Author(s):  
XIAOHUAN MO ◽  
ZHONGMIN SHEN ◽  
HUAIFU LIU
Keyword(s):  
Scalar Curvature ◽  
Simple Proof ◽  
Finsler Geometry ◽  
Finsler Manifold ◽  
Flag Curvature ◽  
Finsler Metric ◽  
Finsler Metrics ◽  
Riemannian Curvature

AbstractIn this note, we study a new Finslerian quantity Ĉ defined by the Riemannian curvature. We prove that the new Finslerian quantity is a non-Riemannian quantity for a Finsler manifold with dimension n = 3. Then we study Finsler metrics of scalar curvature. We find that the Ĉ-curvature is closely related to the flag curvature and the H-curvature. We show that Ĉ-curvature gives, a measure of the failure of a Finsler metric to be of weakly isotropic flag curvature. We also give a simple proof of the Najafi-Shen-Tayebi' theorem.

A Model of Affine Gravity in Two Dimensions and Plurality of Topology

1997 ◽  
Vol 12 (28) ◽  
pp. 5067-5080 ◽  
Author(s):  
Marco Ferraris ◽  
Mauro Francaviglia ◽  
Igor Volovich
Keyword(s):  
Vector Field ◽  
Equations Of Motion ◽  
Linear Connection ◽  
Functional Space ◽  
Conformal Group ◽  
Two Dimensions ◽  
General Mechanism ◽  
Classical Action ◽  
Nonlinear Lagrangians ◽  
Dimensional Gravity

A new model of two-dimensional gravity with an action depending only on a linear connection is suggested. This model is a topological one, in the sense that the classical action does not contain a metric or zweibein at all. A metric and an additional vector field are instead generated in the process of solving the equations of motion for the connection. The general solution of these equations of motion is given by an arbitrary Weyl connection which can be described by using the space of orbits under the action of the conformal group in the functional space containing all pairs formed by a metric and a vector field. By choosing a gauge one obtains a constant curvature equation. It is shown that this model admits an equivalent description by using a family of Lagrangians depending on the metric and the connection as independent variables. We show that nonlinear Lagrangians in the first order formalism lead to plurality of topology for the manifolds under consideration and give a simple general mechanism of governing topology change.

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