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We study the geometric and physical foundations of Finsler gravity theories with metric compatible connections defined on tangent bundles, or (pseudo) Riemannian manifolds). There are analyzed alternatives to Einstein gravity (including…

Mathematical Physics · Physics 2013-03-15 Sergiu I. Vacaru

For the general class of pseudo-Finsler spaces with $(\alpha,\beta)$-metrics, we establish necessary and sufficient conditions such that these admit a Finsler spacetime structure. This means that the fundamental tensor has Lorentzian…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2023-09-12 Nicoleta Voicu , Annamária Friedl-Szász , Elena Popovici-Popescu , Christian Pfeifer

Finsler geometry is a well known generalization of Riemannian geometry which allows to account for a possibly non trivial structure of the space of configurations of relativistic particles. We here establish a link between Finsler geometry…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2015-01-07 Giovanni Amelino-Camelia , Leonardo Barcaroli , Giulia Gubitosi , Stefano Liberati , Niccoló Loret

Finsler geometry is a natural generalization of pseudo-Riemannian geometry. It can be motivated e.g. by a modified version of the Ehlers-Pirani-Schild axiomatic approach to space-time theory. Also, some scenarios of quantum gravity suggest…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2015-06-23 Yakov Itin , Claus Lämmerzahl , Volker Perlick

We translate Penrose's singularity theorem to a Finsler spacetime. To that end, causal concepts in Lorentzian geometry are extended, including definitions and properties of focal points and trapped surfaces, with careful attention paid to…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2016-03-01 Amir Babak Aazami , Miguel Angel Javaloyes

Finsler geometry is a natural and fundamental generalization of Riemann geometry. The Finsler structure depends on both coordinates and velocities. It is defined as a function on tangent bundle of a manifold. We use the Bianchi identities…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2007-11-14 Xin Li , Zhe Chang

In this work we study an anisotropic model of general relativity based on the framework of Finsler geometry. The observed anisotropy of the microwave background radiation is incorporated in the Finslerian structure of space-time. We also…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2007-05-23 P. C. Stavrinos , F. I. Diakogiannis

Some links between Lorentz and Finsler geometries have been developed in the last years, with applications even to the Riemannian case. Our purpose is to give a brief description of them, which may serve as an introduction to recent…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2023-10-25 Miguel Ángel Javaloyes , Enrique Pendás-Recondo , Miguel Sánchez

We explore a connection between the Finslerian area functional and well-investigated Cartan functionals to prove new Bernstein theorems, uniqueness and removability results for Finsler-minimal graphs, as well as enclosure theorems and…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2014-04-02 Patrick Overath , Heiko von der Mosel

In this paper, we first establish an equivalence theorem of Minkowski spaces by using results in centro-affine differential geometry. As an application in Finsler geometry, we gives some new characterizations of Berwald spaces.

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2018-01-11 Ming Li

We develop the basics of a theory of almost isometries for spaces endowed with a quasi-metric. The case of non-reversible Finsler (more specifically, Randers) metrics is of particular interest, and it is studied in more detail. The main…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2013-02-28 Miguel Angel Javaloyes , Leandro Lichtenfelz , Paolo Piccione

It is shown in this paper that the geometrically structureless spacetime manifold is converted instantaneously to a curved one, the Riemannian or may be a Finslerian spacetime with an associated Riemannian spacetime, on the appearance of…

General Physics · Physics 2015-11-17 S S De , F Rahaman

Finslerian extension of the theory of relativity implies that space-time can be not only in an amorphous state which is described by Riemann geometry but also in ordered, i.e. crystalline states which are described by Finsler geometry.…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2020-02-10 George Yu. Bogoslovsky

Physical foundations for relativistic spacetimes are revisited, in order to check at what extent Finsler spacetimes lie in their framework. Arguments based on inertial observers (as in the foundations of Special Relativity and Classical…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2020-04-21 Antonio Bernal , Miguel Ángel Javaloyes , Miguel Sánchez

We analyze propagation equations for the polar modes of gravitational waves in cosmological space-times. We prove that polar gravitational waves must perturb the density and non-azimuthal components of the velocity of material medium of the…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2017-06-26 Wojciech Kulczycki , Edward Malec

The paper proposes extensions of the usual notions of Finslerian volume to time orientable Finsler spacetime manifolds. The basic idea is to replace, in the classical Busemann-Hausdorff and Holmes-Thompson definitions, integration on the…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2016-12-30 Nicoleta Voicu

The images of many distant galaxies are displaced, distorted and often multiplied by the presence of foreground massive galaxies near the line of sight; the foreground galaxies act as gravitational lenses. Commonly, the lens equation, which…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2009-11-07 Simonetta Frittelli , Thomas P. Kling , Ezra T. Newman

This PhD dissertation covers a range of topics in Finsler geometry and Finsler gravity, most notably: (i) the characterization of Berwald spaces, (ii) pseudo-Riemann (non-)metrizability of Berwald spaces, (iii) $(\alpha,\beta)$-metrics,…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2025-11-24 Sjors Heefer

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 understand the crucial…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2008-11-26 Sergiu I. Vacaru

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