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A Sampler of Riemann-Finsler Geometry David Bao (University of Houston)

A Sampler of Riemann-Finsler Geometry By David Bao (University of Houston)

A Sampler of Riemann-Finsler Geometry by David Bao (University of Houston)


Summary

This book presents expository accounts of six important topics in Finsler geometry suitable for a special-topics graduate course in differential geometry. They treat issues related to volume, geodesics, curvature and mathematical biology, and provide a good variety of instructive examples.

A Sampler of Riemann-Finsler Geometry Summary

A Sampler of Riemann-Finsler Geometry by David Bao (University of Houston)

Finsler geometry generalises Riemannian geometry in the same sense that Banach spaces generalise Hilbert spaces. This book presents an expository account of seven important topics in Riemann-Finsler geometry, ones which have undergone significant development but have not had a detailed pedagogical treatment elsewhere. Each article will open the door to an active area of research, and is suitable for a special topics course in graduate-level differential geometry. The contributors consider issues related to volume, geodesics, curvature, complex differential geometry and parametrised jet bundles, and include a variety of instructive examples.

Table of Contents

Preface; Synopses; 1. Volumes on normed and Finsler spaces J. C. Alverez Paiva and A. C. Thompson; 2. Anisotropic and crystalline mean curvature flow Giovanni Bellettini; 3. Finsler geometry on complex vector bundles Tadashi Aikou; 4. Finsler geometry of holomorphic jet bundles Karen Chandler and Pit-Mann Wong; 5. Ricci and flag curvatures in Finsler geometry David Bao and Colleen Robles; 6. Nonreversible Finsler metrics of positive flag curvature Hans-Bert Rademacher; 7. Landsberg curvature, S-curvature and Riemann curvature Zhongmin Shen; Index.

Additional information

NLS9780521168731
9780521168731
0521168732
A Sampler of Riemann-Finsler Geometry by David Bao (University of Houston)
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Paperback
Cambridge University Press
2010-09-09
376
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