In this paper, we study a class of Finsler metrics called general spherically symmetric Finsler metrics which are defined by the Euclidean metric and related 1-forms. For a class of the metrics in Rn, we prove that it is projectively flat if and only if it is of scalar flag curvature.
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Gabrani, M. (2021). On a class of Finsler metrics of scalar flag curvature defined by the Euclidean metric and related 1-forms. Journal of Finsler Geometry and its Applications, 2(1), 118-131. doi: 10.22098/jfga.2021.1269
MLA
Mehran Gabrani. "On a class of Finsler metrics of scalar flag curvature defined by the Euclidean metric and related 1-forms", Journal of Finsler Geometry and its Applications, 2, 1, 2021, 118-131. doi: 10.22098/jfga.2021.1269
HARVARD
Gabrani, M. (2021). 'On a class of Finsler metrics of scalar flag curvature defined by the Euclidean metric and related 1-forms', Journal of Finsler Geometry and its Applications, 2(1), pp. 118-131. doi: 10.22098/jfga.2021.1269
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Gabrani, M. On a class of Finsler metrics of scalar flag curvature defined by the Euclidean metric and related 1-forms. Journal of Finsler Geometry and its Applications, 2021; 2(1): 118-131. doi: 10.22098/jfga.2021.1269
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