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December 2017 A generalization and short proof of a theorem of Hano on affine vector fields
Dávid Csaba Kertész, Rezső L. Lovas*
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SUT J. Math. 53(2): 83-87 (December 2017). DOI: 10.55937/sut/1520526263

Abstract

We prove that a bounded affine vector field on a complete Finsler manifold is a Killing vector field. This generalizes the analogous result of Hano for Riemannian manifolds [3]. Even though our result is more general, the proof is significantly simpler.

Acknowledgments

The authors are grateful to Jóozsef Szilasi and Bernadett Aradi for their suggestions that improved the paper.

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Dávid Csaba Kertész. Rezső L. Lovas*. "A generalization and short proof of a theorem of Hano on affine vector fields." SUT J. Math. 53 (2) 83 - 87, December 2017. https://doi.org/10.55937/sut/1520526263

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Received: 9 December 2016; Revised: 20 November 2017; Published: December 2017
First available in Project Euclid: 8 June 2022

Digital Object Identifier: 10.55937/sut/1520526263

Subjects:
Primary: 53B40 , 53C60

Keywords: affine vector field , Finsler manifold , Killing vector field

Rights: Copyright © 2017 Tokyo University of Science

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