On a class of locally projectively flat Finsler metrics
On a class of locally projectively flat Finsler metrics
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DOI:
10.1142/s0129167x1650052x
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发表时间:
2016-06
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0.6
通讯作者:
Benling Li;Z. Shen
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作者:
Benling Li;Z. Shen
Locally projectively flat Finsler metrics compose an important group of metrics in Finsler geometry. The characterization of these metrics is the regular case of the Hilbert’s Fourth Problem. In this paper, we study a class of Finsler metrics composed by a Riemann metric α = aij (x)yi yj and a 1-form β = bi(x)yi called general (α, β)-metrics. We classify those locally projectively flat when α is projectively flat. By solving the corresponding nonlinear PDEs, the metrics in this class are totally determined. Then a new group of locally projectively flat Finsler metrics is found.