In this paper we investigate the following question: under what conditions can a second-order homogeneous ordinary differential equation (spray) be the geodesic equation of a Finsler space. We show that the EulerLagrange partial differential system on the energy function can be reduced to a first order system on this same function. In this way we are able to give effective necessary and suffici...

The theory of locally anisotropic superspaces (supersymmetric generalizations of various types of Kaluza–Klein, Lagrange and Finsler spaces) is laid down. In this framework we perform the analysis of construction of the supervector bundles provided with nonlinear and distinguished connections and metric structures. Two models of locally anisotropic supergravity are proposed and studied in detai...

In this paper, we prove that on every Finsler n-sphere (S, F ) with reversibility λ satisfying F 2 < ( λ )g0 and l(S , F ) ≥ π(1 + 1 λ ), there always exist at least n prime closed geodesics without self-intersections, where g0 is the standard Riemannian metric on S n with constant curvature 1 and l(S, F ) is the length of a shortest geodesic loop on (S, F ). We also study the stability of thes...

The work proposes a general background of the theory of field interactions and strings in spaces with higher order anisotropy. Our approach proceeds by developing the concept of higher order anisotropic superspace which unifies the logical and mathematical aspects of modern Kaluza– Klein theories and generalized Lagrange and Finsler geometry and leads to modelling of physical processes on highe...

Preface This monograph gives a general geometric background of the theory of field interactions, strings and diffusion processes on spaces, superspaces and isospaces with higher order anisotropy and inhomogenity. The last fifteen years have been attempted a number of extensions of Finsler geometry with applications in theoretical and mathematical physics and biology which go far beyond the orig...

In this paper, we present a novel approach for the segmentation of white matter tracts based on Finsler active contours. This technique provides an optimal measure of connectivity, explicitly segments the connecting fiber bundle, and is equipped with a metric which is able to utilize the directional information of high angular resolution data. We demonstrate the effectiveness of the algorithm f...

Control Contraction Metrics (CCMs) provide a nonlinear controller design involving an offline search for a Riemannian metric and an online search for a shortest path between the current and desired trajectories. In this paper, we generalize CCMs to Finsler geometry, allowing the use of nonRiemannian metrics. We provide open loop and sampled data controllers. The sampled data control constructio...

In this paper, we prove that on every Finsler n-sphere (S, F ) for n ≥ 6 with reversibility λ and flag curvature K satisfying ( λ λ+1 )2 < K ≤ 1, either there exist infinitely many prime closed geodesics or there exist [ 2 ] − 2 closed geodesics possessing irrational average indices. If in addition the metric is bumpy, then there exist n − 3 closed geodesics possessing irrational average indice...