Homogeneous Finsler Spaces

• Main Author: Deng, Shaoqiang (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: New York, NY : Springer New York : Imprint: Springer, 2012.
• Series: Springer Monographs in Mathematics,
• Subjects: Mathematics.; Differential geometry.; Differential Geometry.

This book is a unique addition to the existing literature in the field of Finsler geometry. This is the first monograph to deal exclusively with homogeneous Finsler geometry and to make serious use of Lie theory in the study of this rapidly developing field. The increasing activity in Finsler geomet...

Table of Contents:

• Preface
• Acknowledgements
• 1. Introduction to Finsler Geometry
• 2. Lie Groups and Homogenous Spaces
• 3. The Group of Isometries
• 4. Homogeneous Finsler Spaces
• 5. Symmetric Finsler Spaces
• 6. Weakly Symmetric Finsler Spaces
• 7. Homogeneous Randers Spaces
• References
• Index.  .