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We introduce the notions of spray vector and connection operator to give efficient curvature formulas for a homogeneous Finsler space. Thus the flag curvatures can be computed in the Lie algebra level. Applying these formulas, one can show that in several occasions the structure of the Lie algebra may have influence over the signs of the flag curvatures, regardless of the underlying Finsler metric. Some concrete examples are constructed to illustrate the concepts and the curvature behavior in Finsler geometry.
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This work is supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China Grant No. 11301283.
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Huang, L. Flag curvatures of homogeneous Finsler spaces. European Journal of Mathematics 3, 1000–1029 (2017). https://doi.org/10.1007/s40879-017-0157-1
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