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March 2004 Zermelo navigation on Riemannian manifolds
David Bao, Colleen Robles, Zhongmin Shen
J. Differential Geom. 66(3): 377-435 (March 2004). DOI: 10.4310/jdg/1098137838

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In this paper, we study Zermelo navigation on Riemannian manifolds and use that to solve a long standing problem in Finsler geometry, namely the complete classification of strongly convex Randers metrics of constant flag curvature.

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David Bao. Colleen Robles. Zhongmin Shen. "Zermelo navigation on Riemannian manifolds." J. Differential Geom. 66 (3) 377 - 435, March 2004. https://doi.org/10.4310/jdg/1098137838

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Published: March 2004
First available in Project Euclid: 18 October 2004

zbMATH: 1078.53073
MathSciNet: MR2106471
Digital Object Identifier: 10.4310/jdg/1098137838

Rights: Copyright © 2004 Lehigh University

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