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arxiv: 1301.2524 · v1 · pith:M4OBDCXPnew · submitted 2013-01-11 · 🧮 math.DG · math.MG

Asymmetry in Hilbert's fourth problem

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In the asymmetric setting, Hilbert's fourth problem asks to construct and study all (non-reversible) projective Finsler metrics: Finsler metrics defined on open, convex subsets of real projective $n$-space for which geodesics lie on projective lines. While asymmetric norms and Funk metrics provide many examples of essentially non-reversible projective metrics defined on proper convex subsets of projective $n$-space, it is shown that any projective Finsler metric defined on the whole projective $n$-space is the sum of a reversible projective metric and an exact 1-form.

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