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Wind Finslerian Structures: From Zermelo’s Navigation to the Causality of Spacetimes
 
Erasmo Caponio Politecnico di Bari, Bari, Italy
Miguel Angel Javaloyes Universidad de Murcia, Espinardo, Spain
Miguel Sánchez Universidad de Granada, Granada, Spain
Softcover ISBN:  978-1-4704-6993-1
Product Code:  MEMO/300/1501
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Wind Finslerian Structures: From Zermelo’s Navigation to the Causality of Spacetimes
Erasmo Caponio Politecnico di Bari, Bari, Italy
Miguel Angel Javaloyes Universidad de Murcia, Espinardo, Spain
Miguel Sánchez Universidad de Granada, Granada, Spain
Softcover ISBN:  978-1-4704-6993-1
Product Code:  MEMO/300/1501
List Price: $85.00
MAA Member Price: $76.50
AMS Member Price: $68.00
eBook ISBN:  978-1-4704-7927-5
Product Code:  MEMO/300/1501.E
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AMS Member Price: $68.00
Softcover ISBN:  978-1-4704-6993-1
eBook ISBN:  978-1-4704-7927-5
Product Code:  MEMO/300/1501.B
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AMS Member Price: $136.00 $102.00
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    Memoirs of the American Mathematical Society
    Volume: 3002024; 121 pp
    MSC: Primary 53

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  • Table of Contents
     
     
    • Chapters
    • 1. Introduction
    • 2. Wind Finslerian structures
    • 3. Fermat structures for SSTK\xspace splittings
    • 4. The case of causal $K$: Randers-Kropina metrics
    • 5. The case of arbitrary $K$: General wind Riemannian structures
    • 6. Applications to wind Riemannian structures and navigation
    • 7. Fermat’s principle and generalized Zermelo navigation problem
    • 8. Further applications
    • 9. Conclusions and further developments
    • Appendix: List of some symbols and conventions
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Volume: 3002024; 121 pp
MSC: Primary 53

View the abstract.

  • Chapters
  • 1. Introduction
  • 2. Wind Finslerian structures
  • 3. Fermat structures for SSTK\xspace splittings
  • 4. The case of causal $K$: Randers-Kropina metrics
  • 5. The case of arbitrary $K$: General wind Riemannian structures
  • 6. Applications to wind Riemannian structures and navigation
  • 7. Fermat’s principle and generalized Zermelo navigation problem
  • 8. Further applications
  • 9. Conclusions and further developments
  • Appendix: List of some symbols and conventions
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