Question about Finsler geometry

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Please read the attached file to answer my question. Thanks a lot.
 
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  • Handwritten notes defining two Finsler metrics: F = alpha phi(s) with alpha the Riemann metric sqrt(a_ij y^i y^j), phi(s) = s^r in (1) and phi(s) = 1 + rs in (2), then a question asking whether metric (2) is an approximation of metric (1).
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Esmaeil said:
Please read the attached file to answer my question. Thanks a lot.

You should read the PF instructions on how to type mathematics.

As to your question, you mention ##\beta## in case (1), but it's not part of ##F##. (Maybe you intended a Randers metric but omitted the ##\beta## part?)

In any case, since your 2nd ##\phi(s)=1+rs## is a 1st-order expansion of ##s^r## around ##s=1##, the answer seems obvious. (Or were you thinking about something more sophisticated involving topologies on a continuum of metrics...??)