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arxiv: 1109.2754 · v3 · pith:I34SVCYEnew · submitted 2011-09-13 · 🧮 math.DG · math-ph· math.MP

Matsumoto metrics of constant flag curvature are trivial

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The local structure of Finsler metrics of constant flag curvature have been historically mysterious. It is proved that every Matsumoto metric of constant flag curvature on a manifold of dimension n \geq 3 is either Riemannian or locally Minkowskian.

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