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We give geometric interpretations of a torsion tensor and curvature tensors in a generalized Finsler space (with an asymmetric basic tensor).
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Original Russian Text © S.M. Minčić and M.L. Zlatanović, 2013, published in Izvestiya Vysshikh Uchebnykh Zavedenii. Matematika, 2013, No. 1, pp. 31–40.
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Minčić, S.M., Zlatanović, M.L. Geometric interpretation of curvature and torsion tensors in a generalized Finsler space. Russ Math. 57, 26–34 (2013). https://doi.org/10.3103/S1066369X13010039
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