Matsumoto Metrics of Reversible Curvature

Abstract

In this paper, we study the reversibility of Riemann curvature and Ricci curvature for the Matsumoto metric and prove three global results. First, we prove that a Matsumoto metric is R-reversible if and only if it is R-quadratic. Then we show that a Matsumoto metric is Ricci-reversible if and only if it is Ricci-quadratic. Finally, we prove that every weakly Einstein Matsumoto metric is Ricci-reversible.