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In this paper, we study $$\Xi $$ -curvature and H-curvature of a special class of Finsler metrics called general $$(\alpha ,\beta )$$ -metrics. We prove that every general $$(\alpha ,\beta )$$ -metric of almost vanishing H-curvature is of almost vanishing $$ \Xi $$ -curvature under certain conditions. Moreover, we study such Finsler metric with vanishing $$\Xi $$ -curvature and its interaction to the flag curvature.

Projective Ricci curvature is a projective invariant quantity in Finsler geometry which is introduced by Z. Shen. In this paper, we study special projective Ricci curvature of C-reducible Finsler metrics. The necessary and sufficient conditions of these metrics, which cause these metrics to be weak or isotropic projective Ricci curvature, are found and it is proved that C-reducible Douglas metric of isotropic PRic-curvature must be PRic flat. The same theorem for C-reducible metrics of scalar flag curvature is also investigated.

In this paper, we investigate the flag curvature of a special class of Finsler metrics called general spherically symmetric Finsler metrics, which are defined by a Euclidean metric and two related 1-forms. We find equations to characterize the class of metrics with constant Ricci curvature (tensor) and constant flag curvature. Moreover, we study general spherically symmetric Finsler metrics with the vanishing non-Riemannian quantity χ-curvature. In particular, we construct some new projectively flat Finsler metrics of constant flag curvature.

The local structure of Finsler metrics of constant flag curvature have been historically mysterious. It is proved that every Matsumoto metric of constant flag curvature on a closed n-dimensional manifold of dimension n ≥ 3 is either Riemannian or locally Minkowskian.