Abstract:In this paper, a new notion of isotropic curvature for sprays is introduced. We show that for a spray of scalar curvature, it is of isotropic curvature if and only if the non-Riemannian quantity [Form...In this paper, a new notion of isotropic curvature for sprays is introduced. We show that for a spray of scalar curvature, it is of isotropic curvature if and only if the non-Riemannian quantity [Formula: see text] vanishes. In fact, it is the first geometric quantity to show the spray of isotropic curvature even in the Finslerian case. How to determine a spray is induced by a Finsler metric or not is an interesting inverse problem. We study this problem when the spray is of isotropic curvature and show that a spray of zero curvature can be induced by a group of Finsler metrics. Further, an efficient way is given to construct a family of sprays of isotropic curvature which cannot be induced by any Finsler metric.Read More
Publication Year: 2017
Publication Date: 2017-12-26
Language: en
Type: article
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