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On Projectively Flat Finsler Spheres (Remarks on A Theorem of R.L. Bryant)

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Bryant’s 2-sphere theorem is extended. A family of Bryant metrics is shown to be projectively flat.

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Sabău, V.S. (2003). On Projectively Flat Finsler Spheres (Remarks on A Theorem of R.L. Bryant). In: Anastasiei, M., Antonelli, P.L. (eds) Finsler and Lagrange Geometries. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-017-0405-2_20

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