芬斯勒射影几何中的Ricci曲率_英文_.doc

 J . of Mat h . ( P RC) THE RICCI CURVATURE IN FINSL ER 3 P ROJ ECTIVE GEOMETRY YA N G We n2mao (杨文茂) 1 , C H EN Xi n2yue (程新跃) 2 ( 1 . D e p t. o f M at h . , Y a n ge n U ni v e rs i t y , Q u a n z hou 362014 , Ch i n a) ( S chool of M at h . an d Ph y . , Chon gqi n g I nstit ute of Technolog y , Chon gqi n g 400050 , Chi na) Abstract : In t hi s p ap er we fir st st udy t he Finsler p rojective change which p reserves t he Ricci curvat ure . Furt her mo re ,given a co mpact a nd bo unda r yless n2dimensio nal diff erentia ble ma nifold M ,we sho w t hat a ny point wi se C2p rojective cha nge f ro m a Berwald space ( M , ˉF) to a Riema nn sp ace ( M , F) i s t rivial if t he t race of t he Ricci curvat ure Ric of ˉF wit h resp ect to F i s less o r equal to t he scala r curvat ure of F. Key words : Finsler met ric ; geo de sic ; p rojective cha nge ; Ricci curvat ure ; scalar curvat ure 2000 M R Subject Classif ication : 53C60 , 53C40 Document code : A Article ID : 025527797( 2005) 0520473207 1 Introduct ion Fi n sler p rojective geo met r y i s a n i mpo r t a nt p a r t of Fi n sle r geo met r y. Give n t wo Fi n sler met ric s F a nd ˉF o n a n n2di me n sio nal ma nifol d M . We sa y F a nd ˉF to be poi nt wi se p rojectivel y relat ed (o r t he cha nge F →ˉF i s a p rojective c ha nge) if a ny geo de sic of F i s al so a geo de sic of ˉF a nd t he i nve r se i s al so t r ue . Two re gula r Fi n sler met ric sp ace s a re sai d to be p rojectivel y relat e d if t he re i s a diff eo mo rp hi sm bet wee n t he m suc h t hat t he p ull2bac k met ric i s poi nt wi se p rojective to a no t her o ne . In ge neral , give n a Fi n sle r met ric F o n a ma nifol d M , we wo ul d li ke to det e r mi ne all Fi n sler met ric s o n M w hich a re poi nt wi se p rojective to F. Pa r ticula rl y , it i s i nt ere sti ng a nd mea ni ngf ul to det er mi ne all Fi n sler met ric s o n M w hich a re poi