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Book Synopsis The Differential Geometry of Finsler Spaces by : Hanno Rund
Download or read book The Differential Geometry of Finsler Spaces written by Hanno Rund and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2012-12-06 with total page 298 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The present monograph is motivated by two distinct aims. Firstly, an endeavour has been made to furnish a reasonably comprehensive account of the theory of Finsler spaces based on the methods of classical differential geometry. Secondly, it is hoped that this monograph may serve also as an introduction to a branch of differential geometry which is closely related to various topics in theoretical physics, notably analytical dynamics and geometrical optics. With this second object in mind, an attempt has been made to describe the basic aspects of the theory in some detail - even at the expense of conciseness - while in the more specialised sections of the later chapters, which might be of interest chiefly to the specialist, a more succinct style has been adopted. The fact that there exist several fundamentally different points of view with regard to Finsler geometry has rendered the task of writing a coherent account a rather difficult one. This remark is relevant not only to the development of the subject on the basis of the tensor calculus, but is applicable in an even wider sense. The extensive work of H. BUSEMANN has opened up new avenues of approach to Finsler geometry which are independent of the methods of classical tensor analysis. In the latter sense, therefore, a full description of this approach does not fall within the scope of this treatise, although its fundamental l significance cannot be doubted.
Book Synopsis Differential Geometry of Spray and Finsler Spaces by : Zhongmin Shen
Download or read book Differential Geometry of Spray and Finsler Spaces written by Zhongmin Shen and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2013-03-14 with total page 260 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this book we study sprays and Finsler metrics. Roughly speaking, a spray on a manifold consists of compatible systems of second-order ordinary differential equations. A Finsler metric on a manifold is a family of norms in tangent spaces, which vary smoothly with the base point. Every Finsler metric determines a spray by its systems of geodesic equations. Thus, Finsler spaces can be viewed as special spray spaces. On the other hand, every Finsler metric defines a distance function by the length of minimial curves. Thus Finsler spaces can be viewed as regular metric spaces. Riemannian spaces are special regular metric spaces. In 1854, B. Riemann introduced the Riemann curvature for Riemannian spaces in his ground-breaking Habilitationsvortrag. Thereafter the geometry of these special regular metric spaces is named after him. Riemann also mentioned general regular metric spaces, but he thought that there were nothing new in the general case. In fact, it is technically much more difficult to deal with general regular metric spaces. For more than half century, there had been no essential progress in this direction until P. Finsler did his pioneering work in 1918. Finsler studied the variational problems of curves and surfaces in general regular metric spaces. Some difficult problems were solved by him. Since then, such regular metric spaces are called Finsler spaces. Finsler, however, did not go any further to introduce curvatures for regular metric spaces. He switched his research direction to set theory shortly after his graduation.
Book Synopsis Homogeneous Finsler Spaces by : Shaoqiang Deng
Download or read book Homogeneous Finsler Spaces written by Shaoqiang Deng and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2012-08-01 with total page 250 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Homogeneous Finsler Spaces is the first book to emphasize the relationship between Lie groups and Finsler geometry, and the first to show the validity in using Lie theory for the study of Finsler geometry problems. This book contains a series of new results obtained by the author and collaborators during the last decade. The topic of Finsler geometry has developed rapidly in recent years. One of the main reasons for its surge in development is its use in many scientific fields, such as general relativity, mathematical biology, and phycology (study of algae). This monograph introduces the most recent developments in the study of Lie groups and homogeneous Finsler spaces, leading the reader to directions for further development. The book contains many interesting results such as a Finslerian version of the Myers-Steenrod Theorem, the existence theorem for invariant non-Riemannian Finsler metrics on coset spaces, the Berwaldian characterization of globally symmetric Finsler spaces, the construction of examples of reversible non-Berwaldian Finsler spaces with vanishing S-curvature, and a classification of homogeneous Randers spaces with isotropic S-curvature and positive flag curvature. Readers with some background in Lie theory or differential geometry can quickly begin studying problems concerning Lie groups and Finsler geometry.
Download or read book Finsler Geometry written by Xinyue Cheng and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2013-01-29 with total page 149 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Finsler Geometry: An Approach via Randers Spaces" exclusively deals with a special class of Finsler metrics -- Randers metrics, which are defined as the sum of a Riemannian metric and a 1-form. Randers metrics derive from the research on General Relativity Theory and have been applied in many areas of the natural sciences. They can also be naturally deduced as the solution of the Zermelo navigation problem. The book provides readers not only with essential findings on Randers metrics but also the core ideas and methods which are useful in Finsler geometry. It will be of significant interest to researchers and practitioners working in Finsler geometry, even in differential geometry or related natural fields. Xinyue Cheng is a Professor at the School of Mathematics and Statistics of Chongqing University of Technology, China. Zhongmin Shen is a Professor at the Department of Mathematical Sciences of Indiana University Purdue University, USA.
Book Synopsis Differential Geometry of Finsler Spaces of Special Metric by : Vinit Kumar Chaubey
Download or read book Differential Geometry of Finsler Spaces of Special Metric written by Vinit Kumar Chaubey and published by LAP Lambert Academic Publishing. This book was released on 2013-01 with total page 116 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The germs of Finsler geometry were present in the epoch-making lecture of B. Riemann which he delivered in 1854 at Gottingen University. His main comment in his lecture was "Investigation of this more general class would actually require no essential different principles but it would be rather time consuming and throw relatively little new light on the study of space, especially since results cannot be expressed geometrically." Due to Riemann's comments, mathematicians did not try to study of such spaces for more than 60 years. In 1918, 24 years old German, Paul Finsler [3] tried to study such spaces and submitted his thesis to Gottingen University. His approach of study of this geometry was based on calculus of variation. He generalized the idea of calculus of variations with special reference to new geometrical background, which was given by his teacher Caratheodory with parametric form of problems. The creator of this geometry is really L. Berwald in 1925. Finsler geometry is a kind of differential geometry which is usually considered as a generalization of Riemannian geometry. It has wide applications in the Optics, theory of Relativity, Cosmology, electromagnetic theory etc.
Book Synopsis Finsler Geometry by : David Dai-Wai Bao
Download or read book Finsler Geometry written by David Dai-Wai Bao and published by American Mathematical Soc.. This book was released on 1996 with total page 338 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This volume features proceedings from the 1995 Joint Summer Research Conference on Finsler Geometry, chaired by S. S. Chern and co-chaired by D. Bao and Z. Shen. The editors of this volume have provided comprehensive and informative "capsules" of presentations and technical reports. This was facilitated by classifying the papers into the following 6 separate sections - 3 of which are applied and 3 are pure: * Finsler Geometry over the reals * Complex Finsler geometry * Generalized Finsler metrics * Applications to biology, engineering, and physics * Applications to control theory * Applications to relativistic field theory Each section contains a preface that provides a coherent overview of the topic and includes an outline of the current directions of research and new perspectives. A short list of open problems concludes each contributed paper. A number of photos are featured in the volumes, for example, that of Finsler. In addition, conference participants are also highlighted.
Book Synopsis The Theory of Sprays and Finsler Spaces with Applications in Physics and Biology by : P.L. Antonelli
Download or read book The Theory of Sprays and Finsler Spaces with Applications in Physics and Biology written by P.L. Antonelli and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2013-03-09 with total page 324 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The present book has been written by two mathematicians and one physicist: a pure mathematician specializing in Finsler geometry (Makoto Matsumoto), one working in mathematical biology (Peter Antonelli), and a mathematical physicist specializing in information thermodynamics (Roman Ingarden). The main purpose of this book is to present the principles and methods of sprays (path spaces) and Finsler spaces together with examples of applications to physical and life sciences. It is our aim to write an introductory book on Finsler geometry and its applications at a fairly advanced level. It is intended especially for graduate students in pure mathemat ics, science and applied mathematics, but should be also of interest to those pure "Finslerists" who would like to see their subject applied. After more than 70 years of relatively slow development Finsler geometry is now a modern subject with a large body of theorems and techniques and has math ematical content comparable to any field of modern differential geometry. The time has come to say this in full voice, against those who have thought Finsler geometry, because of its computational complexity, is only of marginal interest and with prac tically no interesting applications. Contrary to these outdated fossilized opinions, we believe "the world is Finslerian" in a true sense and we will try to show this in our application in thermodynamics, optics, ecology, evolution and developmental biology. On the other hand, while the complexity of the subject has not disappeared, the modern bundle theoretic approach has increased greatly its understandability.
Book Synopsis Introduction to Modern Finsler Geometry by : Yi-Bing Shen
Download or read book Introduction to Modern Finsler Geometry written by Yi-Bing Shen and published by World Scientific Publishing Company. This book was released on 2016-02-25 with total page 408 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This comprehensive book is an introduction to the basics of Finsler geometry with recent developments in its area. It includes local geometry as well as global geometry of Finsler manifolds. In Part I, the authors discuss differential manifolds, Finsler metrics, the Chern connection, Riemannian and non-Riemannian quantities. Part II is written for readers who would like to further their studies in Finsler geometry. It covers projective transformations, comparison theorems, fundamental group, minimal immersions, harmonic maps, Einstein metrics, conformal transformations, amongst other related topics. The authors made great efforts to ensure that the contents are accessible to senior undergraduate students, graduate students, mathematicians and scientists.
Book Synopsis An Introduction to Finsler Geometry by : Xiaohuan Mo
Download or read book An Introduction to Finsler Geometry written by Xiaohuan Mo and published by World Scientific. This book was released on 2006 with total page 130 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This introductory book uses the moving frame as a tool and develops Finsler geometry on the basis of the Chern connection and the projective sphere bundle. It systematically introduces three classes of geometrical invariants on Finsler manifolds and their intrinsic relations, analyzes local and global results from classic and modern Finsler geometry, and gives non-trivial examples of Finsler manifolds satisfying different curvature conditions. Book jacket.
Book Synopsis Lectures on Finsler Geometry by : Zhongmin Shen
Download or read book Lectures on Finsler Geometry written by Zhongmin Shen and published by World Scientific. This book was released on 2001 with total page 323 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In 1854, B Riemann introduced the notion of curvature for spaces with a family of inner products. There was no significant progress in the general case until 1918, when P Finsler studied the variation problem in regular metric spaces. Around 1926, L Berwald extended Riemann''s notion of curvature to regular metric spaces and introduced an important non-Riemannian curvature using his connection for regular metrics. Since then, Finsler geometry has developed steadily. In his Paris address in 1900, D Hilbert formulated 23 problems, the 4th and 23rd problems being in Finsler''s category. Finsler geometry has broader applications in many areas of science and will continue to develop through the efforts of many geometers around the world. Usually, the methods employed in Finsler geometry involve very complicated tensor computations. Sometimes this discourages beginners. Viewing Finsler spaces as regular metric spaces, the author discusses the problems from the modern metric geometry point of view. The book begins with the basics on Finsler spaces, including the notions of geodesics and curvatures, then deals with basic comparison theorems on metrics and measures and their applications to the Levy concentration theory of regular metric measure spaces and Gromov''s Hausdorff convergence theory. Contents: Finsler Spaces; Finsler m Spaces; Co-Area Formula; Isoperimetric Inequalities; Geodesics and Connection; Riemann Curvature; Non-Riemannian Curvatures; Structure Equations; Finsler Spaces of Constant Curvature; Second Variation Formula; Geodesics and Exponential Map; Conjugate Radius and Injectivity Radius; Basic Comparison Theorems; Geometry of Hypersurfaces; Geometry of Metric Spheres; Volume Comparison Theorems; Morse Theory of Loop Spaces; Vanishing Theorems for Homotopy Groups; Spaces of Finsler Spaces. Readership: Graduate students and researchers in geometry and physics.
Author :Peter L. Antonelli Publisher :Springer Science & Business Media ISBN 13 :9781402015557 Total Pages :760 pages Book Rating :4.0/5 (155 download)
Book Synopsis Handbook of Finsler geometry. 1 (2003) by : Peter L. Antonelli
Download or read book Handbook of Finsler geometry. 1 (2003) written by Peter L. Antonelli and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2003 with total page 760 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: There are several mathematical approaches to Finsler Geometry, all of which are contained and expounded in this comprehensive Handbook. The principal bundles pathway to state-of-the-art Finsler Theory is here provided by M. Matsumoto. His is a cornerstone for this set of essays, as are the articles of R. Miron (Lagrange Geometry) and J. Szilasi (Spray and Finsler Geometry). After studying either one of these, the reader will be able to understand the included survey articles on complex manifolds, holonomy, sprays and KCC-theory, symplectic structures, Legendre duality, Hodge theory and Gauss-Bonnet formulas. Finslerian diffusion theory is presented by its founders, P. Antonelli and T. Zastawniak. To help with calculations and conceptualizations, a CD-ROM containing the software package FINSLER, based on MAPLE, is included with the book.
Book Synopsis The Geometry of Finsler Spaces: an Approach Via Special Finsler Metric by : Sruthy Baby
Download or read book The Geometry of Finsler Spaces: an Approach Via Special Finsler Metric written by Sruthy Baby and published by . This book was released on 2019-10-20 with total page 149 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Finsler geometry is Riemannian geometry without the restriction that the line element be quadratic. It has applications in many field of natural science especially in mechanics, gravitational theory, electromagnetism, information geometry etc. This book presents some work done by the author on the theory of projective change between two Finsler spaces, Conformal change of Douglas space with special Finsler metric, Nonholonomic Frames for Finsler space with special ( α, β) metric, Reversible geodesics of Finslerian space, Complex Finsler space, Rander -conformal change of Finsler spaces, and the curvature properties of Finsler space. The chapters included in this book contains fundamental topic of modern Riemann Finsler geometry, including the notion of curvature, projectively flat metrics, dually flat metrics which are interesting not only for specialists in Finsler Geometry, but for researchers in Riemann Geometry or other field of differential geometry.The book provides readers with essential findings on a special type of Finsler metric, which can be considered as a generalization of Randers metric and square metric.The text includes the most recent topics in Finsler Geometry like Reversible geodesics of Finsler space, R-Complex Finsler space and transformation on Finsler metric.This book shall be of benefit to students in the field of Differential geometry, and will be of interest to physicists and mathematical biologists.
Book Synopsis Handbook of Differential Geometry by : Franki J.E. Dillen
Download or read book Handbook of Differential Geometry written by Franki J.E. Dillen and published by Elsevier. This book was released on 2005-11-29 with total page 574 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In the series of volumes which together will constitute the "Handbook of Differential Geometry" we try to give a rather complete survey of the field of differential geometry. The different chapters will both deal with the basic material of differential geometry and with research results (old and recent). All chapters are written by experts in the area and contain a large bibliography. In this second volume a wide range of areas in the very broad field of differential geometry is discussed, as there are Riemannian geometry, Lorentzian geometry, Finsler geometry, symplectic geometry, contact geometry, complex geometry, Lagrange geometry and the geometry of foliations. Although this does not cover the whole of differential geometry, the reader will be provided with an overview of some its most important areas. . Written by experts and covering recent research . Extensive bibliography . Dealing with a diverse range of areas . Starting from the basics
Book Synopsis A Sampler of Riemann-Finsler Geometry by : David Dai-Wai Bao
Download or read book A Sampler of Riemann-Finsler Geometry written by David Dai-Wai Bao and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2004-11 with total page 384 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: These expository accounts treat issues related to volume, geodesics, curvature and mathematical biology, with instructive examples.
Book Synopsis Finsler Geometry and Applications by : Aurel Bejancu
Download or read book Finsler Geometry and Applications written by Aurel Bejancu and published by . This book was released on 1990 with total page 208 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Finsler Geometry, Relativity and Gauge Theories by : G.S. Asanov
Download or read book Finsler Geometry, Relativity and Gauge Theories written by G.S. Asanov and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2012-12-06 with total page 375 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The methods of differential geometry have been so completely merged nowadays with physical concepts that general relativity may well be considered to be a physical theory of the geometrical properties of space-time. The general relativity principles together with the recent development of Finsler geometry as a metric generalization of Riemannian geometry justify the attempt to systematize the basic techniques for extending general relativity on the basis of Finsler geometry. It is this endeavour that forms the subject matter of the present book. Our exposition reveals the remarkable fact that the Finslerian approach is automatically permeated with the idea of the unification of the geometrical space-time picture with gauge field theory - a circumstance that we try our best to elucidate in this book. The book has been written in such a way that the reader acquainted with the methods of tensor calculus and linear algebra at the graduate level can use it as a manual of Finslerian techniques orientable to applications in several fields. The problems attached to the chapters are also intended to serve this purpose. This notwithstanding, whenever we touch upon the Finslerian refinement or generalization of physical concepts, we assume that the reader is acquainted with these concepts at least at the level of the standard textbooks, to which we refer him or her.
Book Synopsis Metric Methods of Finsler Spaces and in the Foundations of Geometry. (AM-8) by : Herbert Busemann
Download or read book Metric Methods of Finsler Spaces and in the Foundations of Geometry. (AM-8) written by Herbert Busemann and published by Princeton University Press. This book was released on 2016-03-02 with total page 243 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The description for this book, Metric Methods of Finsler Spaces and in the Foundations of Geometry. (AM-8), will be forthcoming.
