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A new characterization of Finsler metrics with constant flag curvature 1

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The purpose of this article is to derive an integral inequality of Ricci curvature with respect to Reeb field in a Finsler space and give a new geometric characterization of Finsler metrics with constant flag curvature 1.

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Mo, X. A new characterization of Finsler metrics with constant flag curvature 1. Front. Math. China 6, 309–323 (2011). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11464-011-0099-8

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