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Zermelo deformation of Finsler metrics by Killing vector fields

Differential Geometry 2018-04-13 v1 Dynamical Systems

Abstract

We show how geodesics, Jacobi vector fields and flag curvature of a Finsler metric behave under Zermelo deformation with respect to a Killing vector field. We also show that Zermelo deformation with respect to a Killing vector field of a locally symmetric Finsler metric is also locally symmetric.

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@article{arxiv.1710.01281,
  title  = {Zermelo deformation of Finsler metrics by Killing vector fields},
  author = {Patrick Foulon and Vladimir S. Matveev},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1710.01281},
  year   = {2018}
}