On projectively related (α,β)-metrics

Document Type : Original Article

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Department of Mathematics, Karaj Branch, Islamic Azad University Karaj, Iran

Abstract

In this paper, we find necessary and sufficient conditions under
which the infinite series metric and Randers metric on a manifold M of dimen
sion n >3 be projectively related.

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Journal of Finsler Geometry and its Applications
Volume 3, Issue 2
December 2022
Pages 64-77

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