A New Class of General(α,β)-Metrics with
Scalar FlagCurvature
ZHOU Fen1, HE Bai-tong2
【摘要】Abstract:Some general(α,β)-metrics were structured by [1].In this paper,we study a new class of general(α,β)-metrics and compute their Scalar flag curvature.
【期刊名称】安徽师范大学学报(自然科学版)
【年(卷),期】2014(037)003
【总页数】5
【关键词】Key words:general(α,β)-metrics;locally projectively flat;scalar flag curvature
Classification No:O186.12 Document code:A Paper No:1001-2443(2014)03-0228-05
1 Introduction
In Finsler geometry,it is in general very difficult to compute the curvature of a Finsler metric.Some Finsler metrics are defined by some elementary functions,but their expressions of curvature are extremely complicated so that one can not easily determine their values.
There is a class of Finsler metrics defined by a Riemannian metric and a 1-form on a manifold.They are called(α,β)-metrics.(α,β)-metrics form a rich class of computable Finsler metrics.Many(α,β)-metrics with special curvature properties have been found and discussed.More