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Spherically Symmetric Finsler Metrics

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The Geometry of Spherically Symmetric Finsler Manifolds

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By definition, a Finsler metric on a manifold is a family of Minkowski norms on the tangent spaces. A Minkowski norm on a vector space V is a nonnegative function F : V → [0, +∞) with the following properties:

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  1. College of Applied Sciences, Beijing University of Technology, Beijing, Beijing, China

    Enli Guo

  2. School of Mathematical Sciences, Peking University, Beijing, Beijing, China

    Xiaohuan Mo

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Guo, E., Mo, X. (2018). Spherically Symmetric Finsler Metrics. In: The Geometry of Spherically Symmetric Finsler Manifolds. SpringerBriefs in Mathematics. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-13-1598-5_1

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