The equivalence problem for control systems under non-linear feedback is recast as a problem involving the determination of the invariants of submanifolds in the tangent bundle of state space under fiber preserving transformations. This leads to a fiber geometry described by the invariants of submanifolds under the general linear group, which is the classical subject of centro-affine geometry. ...

There are two definitions of Einstein-Finsler spaces introduced by Akbar-Zadeh, which we will show is equal along the integral curves $I$-invariant projective vector fields. The sub-algebra $C$-projective fields, leaving $H$-curvature invariant, has been studied extensively. Here on a closed Finsler space with negative definite Ricci curvature reduces to that Killing Moreover, if an admits such...

We discuss general notions of metrics and of Finsler structures which we call weak metrics and weak Finsler structures. Any convex domain carries a canonical weak Finsler structure, which we call its tautological weak Finsler structure. We compute distances in the tautological weak Finsler structure of a domain and we show that these are given by the so-called Funk weak metric. We conclude the ...

We prove Hessian comparison theorems, Laplacian comparison theorems and volume comparison theorems of Finsler manifolds under various curvature conditions. As applications, we derive Mckean type theorems for the first eigenvalue of Finsler manifolds, as well as generalize a result on fundamental group due to Milnor to Finsler manifolds.

Let x : (M, F ) →֒ (V n+1, F ) be a simply connected hypersurface in a Minkowski space (V n+1, F ). In this paper, using the Gauss formula of Chern connection on Finsler submanifolds, we shall prove that if x(p) is normal to Tp(M)(∀p ∈ M), then M with the induced metric is isometric to the standard Euclidean sphere.

We generalize the Zermelo navigation on Riemannian manifolds (M,h), admitting a space dependence of a ship's speed 0 < |u(x)|h ≤ 1 in the presence of a perturbation W̃ determined by a strong (critical) velocity vector eld satisfying |W̃ (x)|h = |u(x)|h, with application of Finsler metric of Kropina type.

In this paper, we construct a framed f -structure on the slit tangent space of a Rizza manifold. This induces on the indicatrix bundle an almost contact metric. We find the conditions under which this structure reduces to a contact or to a Sasakian structure. Finally we study these structures on Kählerian Finsler manifolds. M.S.C. 2010: 53B40, 53C60, 32Q60, 53C15.