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An Introduction to Riemann-Finsler Geometry

D. Bao,  S.-S. Chern,  Z. Shen

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Springer-Verlag New York Inc.
17 March 2000
Analytic geometry
Series: Graduate Texts in Mathematics
In Riemannian geometry, measurements are made with both yardsticks and protractors. These tools are represented by a family of inner-products. In Riemann-Finsler geometry (or Finsler geometry for short), one is in principle equipped with only a family of Minkowski norms. So ardsticks are assigned but protractors are not. With such a limited tool kit, it is natural to wonder just how much geometry one can uncover and describe? It now appears that there is a reasonable answer. Finsler geometry encompasses a solid repertoire of rigidity and comparison theorems, most of them founded upon a fruitful analogue of the sectional curvature. There is also a bewildering array of explicit examples, illustrating many phenomena which admit only Finslerian interpretations. This book focuses on the elementary but essential items among these results. Much thought has gone into making the account a teachable one.
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Imprint:   Springer-Verlag New York Inc.
Country of Publication:   United States
Edition:   2000 ed.
Volume:   200
Dimensions:   Height: 235mm,  Width: 155mm,  Spine: 25mm
Weight:   1.810kg
ISBN:   9780387989488
ISBN 10:   038798948X
Series:   Graduate Texts in Mathematics
Pages:   435
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Audience:   College/higher education ,  Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational ,  A / AS level ,  Further / Higher Education
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
One Finsler Manifolds and Their Curvature.- 1 Finsler Manifolds and the Fundamentals of Minkowski Norms.- 2 The Chern Connection.- 3 Curvature and Schur’s Lemma.- 4 Finsler Surfaces and a Generalized Gauss—Bonnet Theorem.- Two Calculus of Variations and Comparison Theorems.- 5 Variations of Arc Length, Jacobi Fields, the Effect of Curvature.- 6 The Gauss Lemma and the Hopf-Rinow Theorem.- 7 The Index Form and the Bonnet-Myers Theorem.- 8 The Cut and Conjugate Loci, and Synge’s Theorem.- 9 The Cartan-Hadamard Theorem and Rauch’s First Theorem.- Three Special Finsler Spaces over the Reals.- 10 Berwald Spaces and Szabó’s Theorem for Berwald Surfaces.- 11 Randers Spaces and an Elegant Theorem.- 12 Constant Flag Curvature Spaces and Akbar-Zadeh’s Theorem.- 13 Riemannian Manifolds and Two of Hopf’s Theorems.- 14 Minkowski Spaces, the Theorems of Deicke and Brickell.

Reviews for An Introduction to Riemann-Finsler Geometry

""Das Buch ist sehr gut strukturiert und stellt die doch umfangreiche Materie klar dar. Es wendet sich an Studenten hoherer Semester und erlaubt einen guten Einstieg in das weite Gebiet der Finsler-Geometrie. Fur alle Interessierten bietet das Werk einen klaren Zugang, der auch die geschichtliche Entwicklung von der Euklidischen uber die Riemannsche zur Finslerschen Geometrie deutlich macht."" Internationale Mathematische Nachrichten, Nr. 187, August 2001


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