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In this paper, we study left invariant \((\alpha ,\beta )\)-metrics on four-dimensional real Lie groups equipped with left invariant Einstein Riemannian metrics. We classify all left invariant \((\alpha ,\beta )\)-metrics of Berwald type induced by a left invariant Einstein Riemannian metric and a left invariant vector field and show that all of them are locally Minkowskian. All left invariant Randers metrics of Douglas type, and all Einstein Kropina metrics induced by a left invariant Riemannian metric and a left invariant vector field, are classified. Finally, the flag curvatures of these spaces are investigated and in a special case the geodesics are computed.
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Abedi Karimi, H., Salimi Moghaddam, H.R. On the Finsler Geometry of Four-Dimensional Einstein Lie Groups. Iran J Sci Technol Trans Sci 43, 1197–1202 (2019). https://doi.org/10.1007/s40995-018-0583-z
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s40995-018-0583-z