Direction independence of the mean Landsberg tensor

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Department of Mathematics, Faculty of Science, University of Qom Qom. Iran

Abstract

Finsler manifolds some of whose characteristic tensors are direction independent provide stimulation for current research. In this paper, we show that the direction independence of the mean Landsberg tensor implies the vanishing of these tensor.

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Journal of Finsler Geometry and its Applications
Volume 5, Issue 1
2024
Pages 88-96

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