Projective and Finsler metrizability: parameterization-rigidity of the geodesics
Differential Geometry
2012-08-02 v1 Mathematical Physics
math.MP
Abstract
In this work we show that for the geodesic spray of a Finsler function the most natural projective deformation leads to a non-Finsler metrizable spray, for almost every value of . This result shows how rigid is the metrizablility property with respect to certain reparameterizations of the geodesics. As a consequence we obtain that the projective class of an arbitrary spray contains infinitely many sprays that are not Finsler metrizable.
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@article{arxiv.1108.4628,
title = {Projective and Finsler metrizability: parameterization-rigidity of the geodesics},
author = {Ioan Bucataru and Zoltán Muzsnay},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1108.4628},
year = {2012}
}