Finsler geodesics in the presence of a convex function and their applications

DOI10.1088/1751-8113/43/13/135207zbMath1192.53069arXiv0910.3176OpenAlexW2047949901MaRDI QIDQ3553664

Antonio Masiello, Erasmo Caponio, Miguel Ángel Javaloyes

Publication date: 21 April 2010

Published in: Journal of Physics A: Mathematical and Theoretical (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/0910.3176

zbMATH Keywords

geodesicsconvex functionRanders metricZermelo metricstandard stationary space-time

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Convex functions and convex programs in convex geometry (52A41) Geodesics in global differential geometry (53C22) Global differential geometry of Lorentz manifolds, manifolds with indefinite metrics (53C50) Global differential geometry of Finsler spaces and generalizations (areal metrics) (53C60)

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