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Record Nr.

UNINA9910454406803321

Autore

Shen Zhongmin <1963->

Titolo

Lectures on Finsler geometry [[electronic resource] /] / Zhongmin Shen

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Singapore ; ; River Edge, NJ, : World Scientific, 2001

ISBN

9786611960650

1-281-96065-9

981-281-162-1

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (324p.)

Collana

Series on Multivariate Analysis

Disciplina

516.375

Soggetti

Finsler spaces

Geometry, Differential

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. 299-304) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Finsler Spaces; Finsler m Spaces; Co-Area Formula; Isoperimetric Inequalities; Geodesics and Connection; Riemann Curvature; Non-Riemannian Curvatures; Structure Equations; Finsler Spaces of Constant Curvature; Second Variation Formula; Geodesics and Exponential Map; Conjugate Radius and Injectivity Radius; Basic Comparison Theorems; Geometry of Hypersurfaces; Geometry of Metric Spheres; Volume Comparison Theorems; Morse Theory of Loop Spaces; Vanishing Theorems for Homotopy Groups; Spaces of Finsler Spaces.

Sommario/riassunto

Viewing Finsler spaces as regular metric spaces, this work discusses the problems from the modern metric geometry point of view. It addresses the basics on Finsler spaces, then deals with basic comparison theorems on metrics and measures and their applications to the Levy concentration theory.