On Berwald Spaces with non-Zero Flag Curvature

Abstract

We prove that every Berwald manifold with non-zero flag curvature is Riemannian. This result provides an extension of Numata and Szabo's rigidity theorems. We show that every positively curved constant isotropic Berwald manifold is Riemannian or locally Minkowskian. Then, we prove that every compact strictly positive (or negative) isotropic Berwald manifold reduces to a Berwald manifold. Finally, we prove that every homogeneous isotropic Berwald metric is either locally Minkowskian, or Riemannian, or Berwald metric or Berwald-Randers metric generalizing result previously only known in the case of Randers metric.