In this paper we consider a dominating Finsler metric on a complete Riemannian manifold. First we prove that the energy integral of the Finsler metric satisfies the Palais-Smale condition, and ask for the number of geodesics with endpoints in two given submanifolds. Using Lusternik-Schnirelman theory of critical points we obtain some multiplicity results for the number of Finsler-geodesics betw...

Following the study on volume of indicatrices in a real Finsler space, in this paper we are investigating some volume properties of the indicatrix considered in an arbitrary fixed point of a complex Finsler manifold. Since for each point of a complex Finsler space the indicatrix is an embedded CR-hypersurface of the punctured holomorphic tangent bundle, by means of its normal vector, the volume...

The notion of isometric submersion is extended to Finsler spaces and it is used to construct examples of Finsler metrics on complex and quaternionic projective spaces all of whose geodesics are (geometrical) circles.

A linear connection on a Finsler manifold is called compatible to the function if its parallel transports preserve Finslerian length of tangent vectors. Generalized Berwald manifolds are equipped with connection. In paper we present general and intrinsic method characterize connections dimension three. We prove that not unique then indicatrices must be Euclidean surfaces revolution. The surplus...

Finsler geometry is a natural and fundamental generalization of Riemann geometry. The Finsler structure depends on both coordinates and velocities. It is defined as a function on tangent bundle of a manifold. We use the Bianchi identities satisfied by Chern curvature to set up a gravitation theory in Berwald-Finsler space. The geometric part of the gravitational field equation is nonsymmetric i...

We describe the action of fundamental group a closed Finsler surface negative curvature on geodesics in universal covering terms flat symplectic connection and consider first order deformation theory about hyperbolic metric. A construction O.Biquard yields family metrics which give nontrivial deformations holonomy, extending representation from SL(2,R) into Hamiltonian diffeomorphisms S^1 x R, ...

‎The notion of quasi-Einstein metric in physics is equivalent to the notion of Ricci soliton in Riemannian spaces‎. ‎Quasi-Einstein metrics serve also as solution to the Ricci flow equation‎. ‎Here‎, ‎the Riemannian metric is replaced by a Hessian matrix derived from a Finsler structure and a quasi-Einstein Finsler metric is defined‎. ‎In compact case‎, ‎it is proved that the quasi-Einstein met...

‎based on a definition for circle in finsler space‎, ‎recently proposed by one of the present authors and z‎. ‎shen‎, ‎a natural definition of extrinsic sphere in finsler geometry is given and it is shown that a connected submanifold of a finsler manifold is totally umbilical and has non-zero parallel mean curvature vector field‎, ‎if and only if its circles coincide with circles of the ambient...

In this paper we study some rigidity properties for Finsler manifolds of sectional flag curvature. We prove that any Landsberg manifold of non-zero sectional flag curvature and any closed Finsler manifold of negative sectional flag curvature must be Riemannian.