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Isometric submersions of Finsler manifolds
Author(s):
J.
C.
Álvarez Paiva;
C.
E.
Durán
Journal:
Proc. Amer. Math. Soc.
129
(2001),
2409-2417.
MSC (1991):
Primary 53C22, 53C60;
Secondary 53D20
Posted:
January 17, 2001
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Abstract:
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.
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Additional Information:
J.
C.
Álvarez Paiva
Affiliation:
Institut de Mathématique Pure et Appliquée, Université Catholique de Louvain, Chemin du Cyclotron 2, B--1348 Louvain--la--Neuve, Belgium
Email:
alvarez@agel.ucl.ac.be
C.
E.
Durán
Affiliation:
IVIC-Matemáticas, Aptdo. 21287, Caracas 1020A, Venezuela
Email:
cduran@cauchy.ivic.ve
DOI:
10.1090/S0002-9939-01-05910-X
PII:
S 0002-9939(01)05910-X
Keywords:
Finsler manifolds,
isometric submersions,
symplectic reduction
Received by editor(s):
December 14, 1999
Posted:
January 17, 2001
Additional Notes:
The first author was partially supported by a {\it Crédit aux Chercheurs} from the FNRS
Dedicated:
Dedicated to Enrique Planchart
Communicated by:
Christopher Croke
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2001,
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