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2025/106/3-4 (12) — DOI: 10.5486/PMD.2025.10013 — pp. 461-474

Rigidity results on closed Finsler manifolds with special curvature conditions

Authors: Ming Li Orcid.org link for Ming Li

Abstract:

In this paper, we study the properties of closed Finsler manifolds with special curvature conditions. We show that closed negatively curved Finsler manifolds are Riemannian provided that the Berwald scalar curvature is constant along geodesics. We also prove that closed Landsberg manifolds with definite mean Berwald curvature are Berwald manifolds.

Keywords: Landsberg manifolds, Berwald manifolds, flag curvature, Berwald scalar curvature

Mathematics Subject Classification: 53C60, 53C24, 53B40