Finsler manifolds with non-Reimannian holonomy
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The aim of this paper is to show that the holonomy group of a non-Riemannian Finsler manifold of constant curvature with dimension n > 2 cannot be a compact Lie group and hence it cannot occur as the holonomy group of any Riemannian manifold. This result gives a positive answer to the following problem formulated by S. S. Chern and Z. Shen: Is there a Finsler manifold whose holonomy group is not the holonomy group of any Riemannian manifold? The proof is based on an estimate of the dimension of the curvature algebra whose elements are tangent to the holonomy group.
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