Geometry of Sub-Finsler Engel Manifolds

On Stretch curvature of Finsler manifolds

In this paper, Finsler metrics with relatively non-negative (resp. non-positive), isotropic and constant stretch curvature are studied.  In particular, it is showed that every compact Finsler manifold with relatively non-positive (resp. non-negative) stretch curvature is a Landsberg metric. Also, it is proved that every  (α,β)-metric of non-zero constant flag curvature and non-zero relatively i...

Geometry and Chaos on Riemann and Finsler Manifolds

In this paper we discuss some general aspects of the so-called geometrodynamical approach (GDA) to Chaos and present some results obtained within this framework. We firstly derive a näıve and yet general geometrization procedure, and then specialize the discussion to the descriptions of motion within the frameworks of two among the most representative implementations of the approach, namely the...

The Geometry of Sub-riemannian Three-manifolds

The local equivalence problem for sub-Riemannian structures on threemanifolds is solved. In the course of the solution, it is shown how to attach a canonical Riemannian metric and connection to the given sub-Riemannian metric and it is shown how all of the differential invariants of the sub-Riemannian structure can be calculated. The relation between the completeness of the sub-Riemannian metri...

Homotheties of Finsler Manifolds *

We give a new and complete proof of the following theorem, discovered by Detlef Laugwitz: (forward) complete and connected finite dimensional Finsler manifolds admitting a proper homothety are Minkowski vector spaces. More precisely, we show that under these hypotheses the Finsler manifold is isometric to the tangent Minkowski vector space of the fixed point of the homothety via the exponential...

Stable Exponentially Harmonic Maps Between Finsler Manifolds