Authors: XiaoLing Zhang QiaoLing Xia
Publish Date: 2014/02/26
Volume: 57, Issue: 7, Pages: 1517-1524
Abstract
We study a special class of Finsler metrics namely Matsumoto metrics F = tfracalpha 2 alpha beta where α is a Riemannian metric and β is a 1form on a manifold M We prove that F is a weak Einstein metric if and only if α is Ricci flat and β is a parallel 1form with respect to α In this case F is Ricci flat and Berwaldian As an application we determine the local structure and prove the 3dimensional rigidity theorem for a weak Einstein Matsumoto metric
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