- In mathematics,
particularly differential geometry, a
Finsler manifold is a
differentiable manifold M
where a (possibly asymmetric)
Minkowski norm F(x...
- Paul
Finsler (born 11
April 1894, in Heilbronn, Germany, died 29
April 1970 in Zurich, Switzerland) was a
German and
Swiss mathematician.
Finsler did his...
-
Finsler's lemma is a
mathematical result named after Paul
Finsler. It
states equivalent ways to
express the
positive definiteness of a
quadratic form...
- that C 2 {\displaystyle C^{2}}
Finsler metric on M with the same
geodesics as in the
metric g is given. Then the
Finsler metric is the sum of a locally...
- axiom); SAFA ("Scott’s AFA") – due to Dana Scott, FAFA ("
Finsler’s AFA") – due to Paul
Finsler, BAFA ("Boffa’s AFA") – due to
Maurice Boffa. They essentially...
- p. 9).
Finsler wrote to Gödel in 1931 to
inform him
about this paper,
which Finsler felt had
priority for an
incompleteness theorem.
Finsler's methods...
- In mathematics, the Hadwiger–
Finsler inequality is a
result on the
geometry of
triangles in the
Euclidean plane. It
states that if a
triangle in the plane...
- of a
Euclidean space and
inherit a
metric from
their embedding in it. A
Finsler manifold allows the
definition of
distance but does not
require the concept...
- The
Finsler–Hadwiger
theorem is
statement in
Euclidean plane geometry that
describes a
third square derived from any two
squares that
share a vertex....
- life, he
advocated the
study of
Finsler geometry,
writing several books and
articles on the subject. His
research on
Finsler geometry is
continued through...
