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By using a certain second order differential equation, the notion of adapted coordinates on Finsler manifolds is defined and some classifications of complete Finsler manifolds are found. Some examples of Finsler metrics, with positive…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2008-12-19 A. Asanjarani , B. Bidabad

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

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

A new perspective on the classical mechanical formulation of particle trajectories in lorentz-violating theories is presented. Using the extended hamiltonian formalism, a Legendre Transformation between the associated covariant Lagrangian…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2017-09-13 Don Colladay

In Finsler geometry, we use calculus to study the geometry of regular inner metric spaces. In this note I will briefly discuss various curvatures and their geometric meanings from the metric geometry point of view, without going into the…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2007-05-23 Zhongmin Shen

We study geometry of the phase space for finite-dimensional dynamical systems with degenerate Lagrangians. The Lagrangian and Hamiltonian constraint formalisms are treated as different local-coordinate pictures of the same invariant…

Mathematical Physics · Physics 2007-05-23 Vladimir Pavlov , Andrei Starinets

We present our Finsler spacetime formalism which extends the standard formulation of Finsler geometry to be applicable in physics. Finsler spacetimes are viable non-metric geometric backgrounds for physics; they guarantee well defined…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2019-01-21 Christian Pfeifer , Mattias N. R. Wohlfarth

An extension of Riemmann's geometry into a direction dependent geometric structure is usually described by Finsler's geometry. Historically, this construction was motivated by the well-known Riemann's quartic length element example. Quite…

Mathematical Physics · Physics 2021-07-06 Yakov Itin

The relationship between the Hamiltonian and Lagrangean functions in analytical mechanics is a type of duality. The two functions, while distinct, are both descriptive functions encoding the behavior of the same dynamical system. One…

General Physics · Physics 2023-10-30 John E. Hurtado

We study the relation between an R-Cartan structure {\alpha} and an (I, J, K)- generalized Finsler structure on a 3-manifold showing the difficulty in finding a general transformation that maps these structures each other. In some…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2011-10-25 S. V. Sabau , K. Shibuya , H. Shimada

New geometric structures that relate the lagrangian and hamiltonian formalisms defined upon a singular lagrangian are presented. Several vector fields are constructed in velocity space that give new and precise answers to several topics…

Mathematical Physics · Physics 2008-11-26 Xavier Gracia , Josep M. Pons

Finsler geometry serves as a fundamental and natural extension of Riemannian geometry, providing a valuable framework for investigating Lorentz violation in spacetime. Previous studies have treated the Finsler structures associated with…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2026-01-07 Jie Zhu , Hao Li , Bo-Qiang Ma

It is shown that the problem of a possible violation of the Lorentz transformations at Lorentz factors $\gamma >5\times 10^{10} ,$ indicated by the situation which has developed in the physics of ultra-high energy cosmic rays (the absence…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2015-06-25 G. Yu. Bogoslovsky , H. F. Goenner

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

A common feature of all Quantum Gravity (QG) phenomenology approaches is to consider a modification of the mass shell condition of the relativistic particle to take into account quantum gravitational effects. The framework for such…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2008-11-26 Florian Girelli , Stefano Liberati , Lorenzo Sindoni

In this paper we review a proposed geometrical formulation of quantum mechanics. We argue that this geometrization makes available mathematical methods from classical mechanics to the quantum frame work. We apply this formulation to the…

Mathematical Physics · Physics 2014-11-21 G. Marmo , G. F. Volkert

The geometry on a slope of a mountain is the geometry of a Finsler metric, called here the {\it slope metric}. We study the existence of globally defined slope metrics on surfaces of revolution as well as the geodesic's behavior. A…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2021-02-01 P. Chansri , P. Chansangiam , S. V. Sabau

This model is one of the possible geometrical interpretations of Quantum Mechanics where found to every image Path correspondence the geodesic trajectory of classical test particles in the random geometry of the stochastic fields…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2008-05-28 Timur F. Kamalov

This paper provides a comprehensive overview of the current state of research on Douglas curvature in Finsler spaces. It explores the significance, properties, and applications of Douglas curvature, and its role in understanding Finsler…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2025-10-29 Nasrin Sadeghzadeh , Meshkat Yavari

First we present a short overview of the long history of projectively flat Finsler spaces. We give a simple and quite elementary proof of the already known condition for the projective flatness, and we give a criterion for the projective…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2015-05-27 T. Q. Binh , D. Cs. Kertész , L. Tamássy