Akbar TAYABI, Hassan SADEGHI, Esmaeil PEYGHAN

On Finsler metrics with vanishing S-curvature

In this paper, we consider Finsler metrics defined by a Riemannian metric and a 1-form on a manifold. We study these metrics with vanishing S-curvature. We find some conditions under which such a Finsler metric is Berwaldian or locally Minkowskian.

Anahtar Kelimeler:

(a, b)-metric, Berwald metric, S-curvature

On Finsler metrics with vanishing S-curvature

Keywords:

(a, b)-metric, Berwald metric, S-curvature,

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