Geodesics in Randers spaces of constant curvature
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Geodesics in Randers spaces of constant curvature are classified.References
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Additional Information
- Colleen Robles
- Affiliation: Department of Mathematics, Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas 77843-3368
- MR Author ID: 710495
- Email: robles@math.tamu.edu
- Received by editor(s): January 19, 2005
- Published electronically: October 16, 2006
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- MSC (2000): Primary 53B40, 53C60
- DOI: https://doi.org/10.1090/S0002-9947-06-04051-7
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