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General Randers Spaces

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Lagrange and Finsler Geometry

Part of the book series: Fundamental Theories of Physics ((FTPH,volume 76))

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The Finsler spaces with the fundamental function where F(x, y) \(\sqrt {{a_{ij}}\left( x \right){y^i}{y^i}} + {b_i}\left( x \right){y^i},\left( {x,y} \right) \in \widetilde {TM} = TM\backslash \left\{ O \right\},\) Where a ij (x) is a Riemannian metric tensor, were introduced by R.G. Ingarden, [4], [1]. These were suggested by Randers’ studies [8] on the geometrical model of the gravitational and electromagnetic fields, a reason to call them “Randers spaces”.

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Miron, R. (1996). General Randers Spaces. In: Antonelli, P.L., Miron, R. (eds) Lagrange and Finsler Geometry. Fundamental Theories of Physics, vol 76. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-015-8650-4_11

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