Article ID Journal Published Year Pages File Type
8898305 Differential Geometry and its Applications 2018 20 Pages PDF
Abstract
In this essay, we study the sufficient and necessary conditions for a Randers metric F=α+β (α is a Riemann metric, β is a 1-form) to be of constant Ricci curvature, without the restriction of strong convexity (regularity). A classification result for the case ‖β‖α>1 is provided, which is similar to the famous Bao-Robles-Shen's result for strongly convex Randers metrics (‖β‖α<1). Based on some famous vacuum Einstein metrics in General Relativity, many non-regular Einstein-Randers metrics are constructed. Besides, we find that the case ‖β‖α≡1 is very distinctive. These metrics will be called singular Randers metrics or parabolic Finsler metrics since their indicatrixs are parabolic hypersurfaces. A preliminary discussion for such metrics is provided.
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