On conformally flat cubic (α, β)-metrics

Document Type : Original Article

Author

Department of Mathematics, Faculty of Science, University of Qom, Qom. Iran E-mail: marzeia.amini@gmail.com

Abstract

In this paper, we study the class of conformally flat cubic (α, β)-metrics. We prove that every conformally flat cubic (α, β)-metric with relatively isotropic mean Landsberg curvature must be either Riemannian metrics or locally Minkowski metrics.

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