mathematics, particularly differential geometry, a Finsler manifold is a differentiable manifold M where a (possibly asymmetric) Minkowski norm F(x,...
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inner product. Any Riemannian manifold is a Finsler manifold. Lie groups, named after Sophus Lie, are differentiable manifolds that carry also the structure...
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Generalizations of Riemannian manifolds include pseudo-Riemannian manifolds, Finsler manifolds, and sub-Riemannian manifolds. In 1827, Carl Friedrich Gauss...
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Topological manifold Almost complex manifold Almost symplectic manifold Calibrated manifold Complex manifold Contact manifold CR manifold Finsler manifold Hermitian...
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smooth manifold can be given a non-Riemannian pseudo-Riemannian structure; there are topological restrictions on doing so. A Finsler manifold is a different...
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Holmes–Thompson volume (category Finsler geometry)
Holmes–Thompson volume of a measurable set A {\displaystyle A} in a Finsler manifold ( M , F ) {\displaystyle (M,F)} can be defined as Vol HT ( A ) :=...
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length in Minkowski space The norm defined in the tangent bundle of a Finsler manifold The vector p-norm The norm defined by a Minkowski functional This disambiguation...
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non-linear connection arising in this manner is that associated to a Finsler manifold. Equation (1) is invariant under affine reparameterizations; that is...
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structure in differential geometry Rizza manifold – almost complex manifold equipped with a compatible Finsler structurePages displaying wikidata descriptions...
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Differential geometry (redirect from Analysis of manifolds)
Lorentzian manifold, which is the mathematical basis of Einstein's general relativity theory of gravity. Finsler geometry has Finsler manifolds as the main...
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sphere bundle can easily accommodate Finsler manifolds as well. Specifically, if M is a manifold equipped with a Finsler metric F : TM → R, then the unit...
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Rizza manifold, named after Giovanni Battista Rizza, is an almost complex manifold also supporting a Finsler structure: this kind of manifold is also...
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Riemannian or Pseudo-Riemannian manifold. By contrast, in general there is no way to define normal coordinates for Finsler manifolds in a way that the exponential...
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by the norm Banach–Mazur compactum – Concept in functional analysis Finsler manifold, where the length of each tangent vector is determined by a norm Inner...
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Paul Finsler (born 11 April 1894, in Heilbronn, Germany, died 29 April 1970 in Zurich, Switzerland) was a German and Swiss mathematician. Finsler did his...
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Jet bundle (redirect from Jet manifold)
induced on the corresponding bundle (e.g., the geodesic spray on Finsler manifolds.) Since the early 1980s, jet bundles have appeared as a concise way...
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This follows from Ivanov's theorem since the Hausdorff area of a Finsler manifold is never less than the Holmes–Thompson area, and the two areas are...
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fallback Differentiation in Fréchet spaces Finsler manifold – Generalization of Riemannian manifolds Fréchet manifold – topological space modeled on a Fréchet...
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Banach manifold – Manifold modeled on Banach spaces Differentiation in Fréchet spaces Finsler manifold – Generalization of Riemannian manifolds Fréchet...
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Spray (mathematics) (category Finsler geometry)
underlying Finsler (or Riemannian) manifold are described by this spray for the following reasons: Since gξ is positive definite for Finsler spaces, every...
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Riemannian manifold Pseudo-Riemannian manifold Basic introduction to the mathematics of curved spacetime Clifford algebra Finsler manifold List of coordinate...
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(mathematics) Secondary vector bundle structure Finsler manifold J.M.Lee, Introduction to Smooth Manifolds, Springer-Verlag, 2003. P.Michor. Topics in Differential...
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Hilbert's fourth problem (section Finsler spaces)
Riemannian manifold. Suppose that C 2 {\displaystyle C^{2}} Finsler metric on M with the same geodesics as in the metric g is given. Then the Finsler metric...
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curves.) Analogously, other manifolds in which a length is defined included Finsler manifolds and sub-Riemannian manifolds. Any complete and convex metric...
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universe. Finsler geometry a branch of differential geometry whose main object of study is Finsler manifolds, a generalisation of a Riemannian manifolds. First...
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displaying short descriptions of redirect targets Finsler manifold – Generalization of Riemannian manifolds Hadwiger's theorem – Theorem in integral geometry...
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Differential Geometry Riemannian and Finsler Manifolds Symplectic Geometry Global Analysis, Analysis on Manifolds Geometric Theory of Differential Equations...
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Intrinsic metric Pseudo-Riemannian manifold Sub-Riemannian manifold Finsler geometry General relativity G2 manifold Information geometry Fisher information...
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branch of differential geometry that studies Riemannian manifolds, defined as smooth manifolds with a Riemannian metric (an inner product on the tangent...
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asymmetric seminorm on X . {\displaystyle X.} Finsler manifold – Generalization of Riemannian manifolds Minkowski functional – Function made from a set...
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