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We formulate an approach to the geometry of Riemann-Cartan spaces provided with nonholonomic distributions defined by generic off-diagonal and nonsymmetric metrics inducing effective nonlinear and affine connections. Such geometries can be…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2008-12-19 Sergiu I. Vacaru

Finsler geometry is a natural generalization of (pseudo-)Riemannian geometry, where the line element is not the square root of a quadratic form but a more general homogeneous function. Parameterizing this in terms of symmetric tensors…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2024-11-22 Alessandro Tomasiello

In this paper, we use a Killing form on a Riemannian manifold to construct a class of Finsler metrics. We find equations that characterize Einstein metrics among this class. In particular, we construct a family of Einstein metrics on $S^3$…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2017-03-08 Xinyue Cheng , Zhongmin Shen

In this article, we review the current status of Finsler-Lagrange geometry and generalizations. The goal is to aid non-experts on Finsler spaces, but physicists and geometers skilled in general relativity and particle theories, to…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2008-01-31 Sergiu I. Vacaru

We give an overview on the status and on the perspectives of Finsler gravity, beginning with a discussion of various motivations for considering a Finslerian modification of General Relativity. The subjects covered include Finslerian…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2018-12-05 Claus Lämmerzahl , Volker Perlick

This work is devoted to the geometric analysis of metric-measure spaces satisfying a Prekopa-Leindler or a more general Borell-Brascamp-Lieb inequality. Completing the early investigations by Cordero-Erausquin, McCann and Schmuckenschlager,…

Metric Geometry · Mathematics 2009-12-21 Erwan Hillion

We present a generalization of the spinor and twistor geometry for on (pseudo) Riemannian manifolds enabled with nonholonomic distributions or for Finsler-Cartan spaces modelled on tangent Lorentz bundles. Nonholonomic (Finsler) twistors…

Mathematical Physics · Physics 2015-06-01 Sergiu I. Vacaru

This paper is the first in a series of paper where we describe the differential operators on general nonlinear metric measure spaces, namely, the Finsler spaces. We try to propose a general method for gradient estimates of the positive…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2024-08-02 Bin Shen

We investigate the topology of the compact hypersurfaces in round spheres whose Ricci curvature satisfies an appropriate bound that only depends on the mean curvature of the submanifold. In this paper, the use of the Bochner technique…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2024-03-20 Marcos Dajczer , Miguel I. Jimenez , Theodoros Vlachos

We study the relationship between discrete analogues of Ricci and scalar curvature that are defined for point clouds and graphs. In the discrete setting, Ricci curvature is replaced by Ollivier-Ricci curvature. Scalar curvature can be…

Discrete Mathematics · Computer Science 2025-10-07 Abigail Hickok , Andrew J. Blumberg

Spinning equations of Finslerian gravity, the counterpart of Mathisson-Papapetrou Spinning equations of motion are obtained. Two approaches of Finslerian geometries are illustrated, and their corresponding spinning equations. The…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2020-10-14 Magd E. Kahil

We study collapsed manifolds with Ricci bounded covering geometry i.e., Ricci curvature is bounded below and the Riemannian universal cover is non-collapsed or consists of uniform Reifenberg points. Via Ricci flows' techniques, we partially…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2018-08-14 Hongzhi Huang , Lingling Kong , Xiaochun Rong , Shicheng Xu

In this paper, we prove the local gradient estimate for harmonic functions on complete, noncompact Finsler measure spaces under the condition that the weighted Ricci curvature has a lower bound. As applications, we obtain Liouville type…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2013-12-18 Chao Xia

We review recent results regarding the problem of the stability of Sobolev inequalities on Riemannian manifolds with Ricci curvature lower bounds. We shall describe techniques and methods from smooth and non-smooth geometry, the fruitful…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2025-07-10 Francesco Nobili

In this article, we introduce a $2$-parameter family of affine connections and derive the Ricci curvature. We first establish an integral Bochner technique. On one hand, this technique yields a new proof to our recent work in \cite{LX} for…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2017-05-30 Junfang Li , Chao Xia

Substatic Riemannian manifolds with minimal boundary arise naturally in General Relativity as spatial slices of static spacetimes satisfying the Null Energy Condition. Moreover, they constitute a vast generalization of nonnegative Ricci…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2023-07-28 Stefano Borghini , Mattia Fogagnolo

This paper focuses on deriving several curvature inequalities involving the Ricci and scalar curvatures of the horizontal and vertical distributions in anti-invariant Riemannian submersions from quaternionic space forms onto Riemannian…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2025-07-10 Kirti Gupta , Punam Gupta , R. K. Gangele

In Riemannian geometry, Ricci soliton inequalities are an important field of study that provide profound insights into the geometric and analytic characteristics of Riemannian manifolds. An extensive study of Ricci soliton inequalities is…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2024-08-13 Bang-Yen Chen , Majid Ali Choudhary , Mohammed Nisar , Mohd Danish Siddiqi

Robotics research has found numerous important applications of Riemannian geometry. Despite that, the concept remain challenging to many roboticists because the background material is complex and strikingly foreign. Beyond {\em Riemannian}…

Robotics · Computer Science 2021-07-05 Nathan D. Ratliff , Karl Van Wyk , Mandy Xie , Anqi Li , Muhammad Asif Rana

In this paper we are dealing with quantitative Rellich inequalities on Finsler-Hadamard manifolds where the remainder terms are expressed by means of the flag curvature. By exploring various arguments from Finsler geometry and PDEs on…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2016-09-19 Alexandru Kristály , Dušan Repovš