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Jacobi fields and conjugate points for a projective class of sprays

Differential Geometry 2021-07-30 v1 Mathematical Physics math.MP

Abstract

We investigate Jacobi fields and conjugate points in the context of sprays. We first prove that the conjugate points of a spray remain preserved under a projective change. Then, we establish conditions on the projective factor so that the projectively deformed spray meets the conditions of a proposition that ensures the existence of conjugate points. We discuss our methods by means of illustrative examples, throughout the paper.

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@article{arxiv.2009.00913,
  title  = {Jacobi fields and conjugate points for a projective class of sprays},
  author = {S. Hajdú and T. Mestdag},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2009.00913},
  year   = {2021}
}

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18 pages, 3 figures