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Various Ricci Identities in Finsler Space

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  09 April 2009

H. D. Pande
Affiliation:
Department of Mathematics University of Gorakhpur Gorakhpur India and Department of Mathematics University of Western Australia Nedlands, W.A.
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Ricci identities in a Finsler space have been given by C. I. Ispas [1], H. Rund [2], R. S. Mishra and H. D. Pande [3] and others. Here we shall prove some identities using the principle of mathematical induction. Considering a second order contravariant tensor depending on the element of support , we have the following theorems.

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Copyright © Australian Mathematical Society 1969

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