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This note chronicles various roles played by the Yasuda-Shimada theorem in some recent developments of Riemann--Finsler geometry. We shall demonstrate that the said theorem is, at various stages of its life, an enigma, an inspiration, a flawed icon, and a powerful catalyst.
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Bao, D. Randers space forms. Periodica Mathematica Hungarica 48, 3–15 (2004). https://doi.org/10.1023/B:MAHU.0000038961.86165.30
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