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Vacaru, Sergiu I. (R-IASI-SC)
Two-connection renormalization and non-holonomic gauge models of Einstein gravity.
(English summary)
Int. J. Geom. Methods Mod. Phys. 7 (2010), no. 5, 713–744.
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MR2657560 53B40 (83D05)

Critical remarks on Finsler modifications of gravity and cosmology by Zhe Chang and Xin
Li [ MR2463269; MR2536194]. (English summary)
Phys. Lett. B 690 (2010), no. 3, 224–228.

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On general solutions for field equations in Einstein and higher dimension gravity. (English
summary)
Internat. J. Theoret. Phys. 49 (2010), no. 4, 884–913.

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Einstein gravity in almost Kähler and Lagrange-Finsler variables and deformation
quantization. (English summary)
J. Geom. Phys. 60 (2010), no. 10, 1289–1305.
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MR2639102 (Review) 53B40 (53B50 83C57 83C65)

Vacaru, Sergiu I. (R-IASI-C)
Finsler black holes induced by noncommutative anholonomic distributions in Einstein
gravity. (English summary)
Classical Quantum Gravity 27 (2010), no. 10, 105003, 19 pp.
Summary: “We study Finsler black holes induced from Einstein gravity as possible effects of quan-
tum spacetime noncommutativity. Such Finsler models are defined by nonholonomic frames not
on tangent bundles but on (pseudo)Riemannian manifolds being compatible with standard theories
of physics. We focus on noncommutative deformations of Schwarzschild metrics into locally an-
isotropic stationary ones with spherical/rotoid symmetry. The conditions are derived when black
hole configurations can be extracted from two classes of exact solutions depending on noncom-
mutative parameters. The first class of metrics is defined by nonholonomic deformations of the
gravitational vacuum by noncommutative geometry. The second class of such solutions is induced
by noncommutative matter fields and/or effective polarizations of cosmological constants.”
Reviewed by Lorenzo Sindoni


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MR2646782 (Review) 58A30 (53C80 83C05)

Nonholonomic distributions and gauge models of Einstein gravity. (English summary)
A new and interesting approach to gauge gravity is presented. It is based on the construction
of a gauge-like theory in certain bundle spaces endowed with nonholonomic distributions. The
latter rely on a (2 + 2)-splitting of the base spacetime and the associated nonholonomic frame
structure. In this context, general relativity theory is not generalized but rather reformulated in
certain nonholonomic variables lifted to bundles of affine/de Sitter frames. To this purpose, the
formalism of nonlinear connections and the methodology of nonholonomic frames are utilized.
In particular, after the presentation of an outline of the geometry of nonholonomic distributions
on four-dimensional (pseudo)Riemannian manifolds, general relativity theory is reformulated in
nonholonomic variables for different linear connection structures. It is explained how all geomet-
ric and physical information encoded in general relativity can be equivalently transformed into
geometric objects and constructions for any nonholonomic variables. Finally, using a relevant
splitting of connections, two models of gauge gravity in nonholonomic affine and de Sitter frame
bundles are constructed, with Yang-Mills–like equations equivalently reinterpreted as Einstein’s
field equations on the base spacetime. One should point out that the nontrivial torsion structure
contained in the equations obtained that are equivalent to Einstein’s field equations is induced
nonholonomically by certain off-diagonal metric coefficients.
Reviewed by Theophanes Grammenos

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MR2601644 (Review) 53C21 (35Q53 35R01 37K10 37K25)

Vacaru, Sergiu I. (3-FLDS2)
Curve flows and solitonic hierarchies generated by Einstein metrics. (English summary)
Acta Appl. Math. 110 (2010), no. 1, 73–107.
This work comes as a new addition to an interesting series of papers published by Vacaru on
the so-called nonholonomic frame method. The present paper’s aim is “to prove that respective
curve flow solitonic hierarchies are generated by any (semi)Riemannian metric gαβ on a manifold
V of dimension n + m, for n ≥ 2 and m ≥ 1, if such a space is endowed with a nonholonomic
distribution defining an n + m spacetime splitting”. Header Page 6 of 70.
Initially, it is proven that, for any (semi)Riemannian metric on a nonholonomic manifold en-
dowed with a nonlinear connection structure and defining a spacetime splitting of dimension n +
m with n ≥ 2 and m ≥ 1, one can construct a metric-compatible linear connection with constant
matrix coefficients of curvature, in other words it is possible to construct a curvature tensor with
constant coefficients, calculated with respect to “nonlinear connection-adapted” frames. Thus, by
applying the method developed, it is always possible to convert data for known solutions of Ein-
stein’s field equations into terms of constant curvature coefficients, in other words, into alternative
holonomic structures and metric compatible linear connections defined by the given metric tensor.
Then, the geometry of curve flows adapted to a nonholonomic structure on a (semi)Riemannian
manifold is examined. A class of nonholonomic Klein spaces is considered for which the bi-
Hamiltonian operators are obtained for a linear connection adapted to the nonlinear connection
structure, for which the curvature coefficients are constant. The formalism of bi-Hamiltonian and
vector solitonic structures is presented for arbitrary (semi)Riemannian spaces. In particular, the
basic equations for nonholonomic curve flows are introduced and the properties of Hamiltonian
symplectic and co-symplectic operators adapted to the nonlinear connection structure are given. Fi-
nally, solitonic (of the mKdV and sine-Gordon type) hierarchies of bi-Hamiltonian nonholonomic
curve flows are constructed by wave map equations and recursion operators associated to the hor-
izontal and vertical curve flows. In fact, the main theorem of the present paper, namely that the
geometric data on a (semi)Riemannian manifold naturally define a nonholonomic frame-adapted
bi-Hamiltonian flow hierarchy inducing nonholonomic solitonic configurations or, in other words,
that any metric structure on a (semi)Riemannian manifold can be decomposed into solitonic data
with corresponding hierarchies of nonlinear waves, is rigorously proven.
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MR2571415 (2011b:83050) 83C45 (53C80 81S10)

Branes and quantization for an A-model complexification of Einstein gravity in almost
Kähler variables. (English summary)
It is known that deformation/geometric quantization does not constitute a standard quantization
procedure for a number of reasons. Among other things, it does not lead to a natural Hilbert space
on which the deformed algebra acts. However, there are several results obtained in this way that
contribute to a deeper understanding of the quantization procedure in general. For example, defor-
mation quantization of relativistic particles yields the same results as the canonical quantization
and path integral methods. In this work, characteristic of the author’s rigorous presentations, a
new perspective regarding the quantization of Einstein’s gravity based on two-dimensional sigma-
models is proposed, following the A-model quantization via branes (see the excellent work of S.
Gukov and E. Witten [“Branes and quantization”, preprint, arxiv.org/abs/0809.0305]), and aiming
at a closer look toward a systematic theory of quantum gravity in symplectic variables connected
with an almost Kähler formulation of general relativity.
The paper starts with an introduction to the almost Kähler model of general relativity (with
details given in an appendix). Here, nonholonomic distributions generated by regular pseudo-
Lagrangians, nonlinear connections (canonical symplectic connections as distortions of the Levi-
Civita connection), and almost Kähler variables are presented. Next, the quantization method for
the A-model with nonholonomic branes is formulated. The necessary notions of Header Page 9 of 70.
the canonical
co-isotropic nonholonomic brane and the space of nonholonomic strings are thus developed for
the aforesaid formulation. In this context, it is shown that the Gukov-Witten method allows the
construction of a physical, viable Hilbert space with a Hermitian inner product, for almost Kähler
quantum models of general relativity. Consequently, based also on some previous results on
deformation and loop quantum gravity stemming from the geometry of nonholonomic manifolds
and noncommutative spaces, the author succeeds in applying this method to explicitly construct
quantum physical states for such a model.
Keeping in mind that different methods of nonlinear field theory quantization yield, in general,
different quantum theories, the significance of working with almost Kähler variables, nonlin-
ear connections and nonholonomic methods arises mainly from its prospective applicability to
supergravity/superstring theories and to complicated second-class constraint systems as well.

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MR2519980 (2010j:83129) 83D05 (83C65)

Einstein gravity in almost Kähler variables and stability of gravity with nonholonomic
distributions and nonsymmetric metrics. (English summary)
Summary: “We argue that the Einstein gravity theory can be reformulated in almost Kähler (non-
symmetric) variables with effective symplectic form and compatible linear connection uniquely
defined by a (pseudo) Riemannian metric. A class of nonsymmetric theories of gravitation on man-
ifolds enabled with nonholonomic distributions is considered. We prove that, for certain types of
nonholonomic constraints, there are modelled effective Lagrangians which do not develop insta-
bilities. It is also elaborated a linearization formalism for anholonomic noncommutative gravity
theories models and analyzed the stability of stationary ellipsoidal solutions defining some non-
holonomic and/or nonsymmetric deformations of the Schwarzschild metric. We show how to
construct nonholonomic distributions which remove instabilities in nonsymmetric gravity theo-
ries. It is concluded that instabilities do not consist a general feature of theories of gravity with
nonsymmetric metrics but a particular property of some models and/or unconstrained solutions.”

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MR2548633 (2011b:58062) 58J42 (46L87 53C44 58B34)

Vacaru, Sergiu I. (R-IASI-C)
Spectral functionals, nonholonomic Dirac operators, and noncommutative Ricci flows.
(English summary)
J. Math. Phys. 50 (2009), no. 7, 073503, 24 pp.
In this paper, a nonholonomic analogue of the theory of Spin manifolds and Dirac operators,
together with the theory of spectral triples, is used to study the Ricci flow on N -anholonomic
manifolds and, in particular, to obtain Perelman’s functionals via the spectral action of noncom-
mutative Riemannian geometry [A. H. Chamseddine and A. Connes, Comm. Math. Phys. 186
(1997), no. 3, 731–750; MR1463819 (99c:58010)].
First, the theory of N -anholonomic manifolds is briefly recalled and suitable notions of N -
anholonomic spin structure, spin connection, and Dirac operator are defined by analogy with the
unconstrained case. A special class of spectral triple, called “spectral d-triples”, is defined, and an
analogue of a theorem of A. Connes [Comm. Math. Phys. 182 (1996), no. 1, 155–176; MR1441908
(98f:58024)] concerning commutative spectral triples is proved for commutative spectral d-triples.
With this theory in place, the Ricci flow on an N -anholonomic manifold is realized by a one-
parameter family of spectral d-triples, and Perelman’s first and second functionals, as well as a
nonholonomic average energy and entropy, are thus obtained from the asymptotic computation of
the spectral action on that family of spectral d-triples.
Reviewed by Branimir Ćaćić
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The entropy of Lagrange-Finsler spaces and Ricci flows. (English summary)
Rep. Math. Phys. 63 (2009), no. 1, 95–110.
One of the main ideas of geometric mechanics is the investigation and exploitation of possi-
ble (Lie) symmetries of physical systems. On the other hand, any Lagrange mechanics can be
geometrized on nonholonomic (equivalently, anholonomic) Riemannian manifolds modeling La-
grange or Finsler spaces. In this context, the application of the Ricci flow theory and Perelman’s
superb work on the functional approach to it may lead to novel geometric configurations and con-
clusions of physical interest. Following his earlier work on this subject, the author sets out to
investigate thermodynamic models related to certain classes of Lagrange and Finsler spaces.
After introducing an N -anholonomic manifold and its N -connection, the main results on metric
compatible models of Lagrange and Finsler geometry on nonholonomic manifolds are reviewed
leading to the important conclusion that any regular Lagrange mechanics (Finsler geometry) can
be modeled in two equivalent canonical forms as a nonholonomic Riemannian space or as an
N -anholonomic Riemann-Cartan space with the metric and connection structures defined by the
fundamental Lagrange (Finsler) function. Next, the author presents Perelman’s fundamental idea
that the Ricci flow not only is a gradient flow but also can be defined as a dynamical system on
the spaces of Riemannian metrics by introducing two functionals of Lyapunov type, and he shows
how Perelman’s approach can be extended (by developing an N -adapted variational calculus) for
N -anholonomic manifolds if the canonical d-connection (which is metric compatible with the
Lagrange canonical metric structure) is considered. With this equipment, the N -adapted evolution
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model for regular Lagrange mechanical systems is constructed whereby the expressions for the
average energy, the entropy, and the energy fluctuation are explicitly given by use of the relevant
partition function. Actually, one could summarize these results as a new research programme
proposed for the geometrization of Lagrange mechanics following the theory of nonholonomic
Ricci flows and Lagrange-Finsler spaces equipped with compatible metric, nonlinear connection,
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Nonholonomic Ricci flows, exact solutions in gravity, and symmetric and nonsymmetric
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The aim of the present work, belonging to an excellent series of papers by the author on non-
holonomic Ricci flows, is to provide a geometric motivation for gravity models with nonsym-
metric metrics. The geometric methods presented have already been elaborated in generalized
Lagrange and Finsler geometries. However, the present work is restricted to (pseudo-)Riemannian
and Riemann-Cartan spaces with effective torsion induced by nonholonomic frames, and to non-
symmetric metrics induced by Ricci flows. The subject becomes increasingly interesting as there
is no physical principle whatsoever prohibiting the consideration of theories with nonsymmetric
metrics. The author starts with a geometric formulation for the systems of evolution equations
with non-holonomic Ricci flows transforming symmetric metrics into nonsymmetric ones. So,
after presenting the notion of non-holonomic manifolds equipped with a nonlinear connection
structure (i.e., N-anholonomic manifolds), the non-holonomic Ricci flow equations are given with
respect to N-adapted frames. Using the anholonomic frame method and introducing a specific
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Anastasiei, Mihai (R-IASIM); Vacaru, Sergiu I. (3-FLDS2)
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Anco, Stephen C. (3-BRCK); Vacaru, Sergiu I. (R-IASIM)
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MR2483701 (2010i:53039) 53C08 (53C80 58J20 81T13)

Vacaru, Sergiu I. (3-FLDS2); González-Hernández, Juan F. (R-IASIM)
Nonlinear connections on gerbes, Clifford-Finsler modules and the index theorems. (English
summary)
Indian J. Math. 50 (2008), no. 3, 573–606.
Summary: “The geometry of nonholonomic bundle gerbes, provided with nonlinear connection
structure, and nonholonomic gerbe modules is elaborated as the theory of Clifford modules on
nonholonomic manifolds which fail to be Spin. We explore an approach to such nonholonomic
Dirac operators and derive the related Atiyah-Singer index formulæ. There are considered certain
applications in modern gravity and geometric mechanics of such Clifford-Lagrange/Finsler gerbes
and their realizations as nonholonomic Clifford and Riemann-Cartan modules.”
Reviewed by José A. Vallejo (San Luis Potosı́)

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MR2470525 (2009i:83102) 83D05 (53C60)

Einstein gravity, Lagrange-Finsler geometry, and nonsymmetric metrics. (English
summary)
SIGMA Symmetry Integrability Geom. Methods Appl. 4 (2008), Paper 071, 29 pp.
This paper continues a series of studies that the author has devoted to nonlinear connections
(defined by nonintegrable distributions) and geometric constructions adapted to them (such as
Lagrange-Finsler, Clifford and Lie algebroid structures, metrics, etc.). This time, given a nonlin-
ear connection N and a nonsymmetric metric g, a detailed study of properties such as torsion
and curvature, compatibility between metrics and connections, etc., is made, mimicking the well-
known theorems of the Riemannian case. The motivation to consider nonsymmetric tensors g
comes from physics (see [J. W. Moffat, Phys. Lett. B 355 (1995), no. 3-4, 447–452; MR1345596
(96h:83039)], where an old idea of Einstein to build a unified setting for gravitation and electro-
magnetism was developed). In the last sections of the paper, the author explores the relationship
with gravitation, recasting the metric-noncompatible formulation of Moffat in a metric-compatible
form (with the nonsymmetric g). He also explores the connection with other branches of mathe-

matics (Lagrange-Finsler spaces and Ricci flows). Header Page 23 of 70.

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MR2428807 (2009f:53027) 53B40 (53B50 53C80 83C99 83D05)

Finsler and Lagrange geometries in Einstein and string gravity. (English summary)
This is a survey on Finsler-Lagrange geometry and the anholonomic method in general relativity
and gravitation. The geometrical structures presented in the paper refer to the following top-
ics: nonholonomic manifolds, Finsler-Lagrange spaces, nonlinear connections, Riemann-Cartan
spaces, and Hermitian manifolds. By using this large variety of important topics from differential
geometry, the author succeeds in presenting new equivalent (non)holonomic formulations of grav-
ity theories and in constructing exact solutions, with effective Lagrange and Finsler structures, in
Einstein and string gravity. Also, he emphasizes that the Einstein gravity can be equivalently refor-
mulated in terms of almost Hermitian geometry with preferred frame structure. Finally, the author
presents explicit examples of exact solutions in Einstein and string gravity. The examples given
for string gravity show the local anisotropic configurations describing gravitational solitonic pp-
waves and their effective Lagrange spaces. Most of the results presented in the paper have been
obtained by the author and his collaborators. The paper brings both light and hope to the difficult
task of applying generalizations of (pseudo)Riemannian geometry to physics.
Reviewed by Aurel Bejancu

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From References: 5

MR2412299 (2009d:53091) 53C44 (37J60 53C60) Header Page 24 of 70.
Nonholonomic Ricci flows. II. Evolution equations and dynamics. (English summary)
J. Math. Phys. 49 (2008), no. 4, 043504, 27 pp.
In a series of five successive, densely written papers under the general title “Nonholonomic Ricci
flows” (part V of the series appeared in May 2007 as a preprint [arxiv.org/abs/0705.0729]), the
author has studied the theory of nonholonomic Ricci flows, i.e., Ricci flows for non-Riemannian
manifolds, as well as relevant applications of the theory in classical and quantum physics and
geometric mechanics. The present paper, which is the second of the series, aims at investigating
the evolution of geometrical objects under Ricci flows with nonholonomic constraints on the frame
structure.
The present study starts with the formulation of the Hamilton-Perelman theory of Ricci flow
as an evolution equation on N -nonholonomic manifolds, i.e., nonholonomic manifolds equipped
with a nonlinear connection structure. Although, in general, symmetric metrics may evolve into
nonsymmetric metrics under nonholonomic Ricci flows, for reasons of simplicity only those non-
holonomic evolutions are examined that result in symmetric metrics. The evolution equations are
studied for two equivalent metric compatible (defined by the same metric structure) linear connec-
tions: the Levi-Civita connection and the canonical distinguished connection (a linear connection
that preserves under parallelism the Whitney sum and contains nontrivial torsion coefficients). The
central idea behind the aforesaid study is that if a geometric Ricci flow construction is well defined
for one of the two connections, it can be equivalently redefined for the other connection by con-
sidering the so-called distortion tensor. As examples of N -nonholonomic Ricci flows, the author
examines nonholonomic Einstein spaces and N -nonholonomic Ricci solitons. Furthermore, the
existence and uniqueness of the N -nonholonomic evolution is proved. Perelman’s functionals are
defined on N -nonholonomic manifolds for the canonical distinguished connection. An N -adapted
variational calculus is constructed and applied to Perelman’s functionals. In this way, a rigorous
proof of the evolution equations for generalized Finsler-Lagrange and nonholonomic metrics is
obtained, while properties of the associated distinguished energy for nonholonomic configurations
are examined and certain rules for the extension of the proofs for the Levi-Civita connections to
the canonical distinguished connections are given. Further, a statistical analogy for nonholonomic
Ricci flows is developed, in the context of which properties of the N -nonholonomic entropy are
examined by use of Perelman’s W -functional, and related thermodynamic expressions for the av-
erage energy, the entropy, and the fluctuation are obtained by computing the partition function for
the canonical ensemble for compact configurations.
Finally, two applications in physics are discussed. First, the nonholonomic Ricci flow evolution
for solitonic pp-wave solutions of vacuum Einstein field equations in general relativity is studied. In
fact, in this context a new class of four-dimensional solutions (metrics) is constructed by using the
nonholonomic frame approach. The second application consists in the computation of Perelman’s
entropy for classes of regular Lagrange systems (mechanical, or analogous gravitational). It is
to be pointed out, however, that the physical interpretation of the thermodynamical expressions
obtained by using Perelman’s functionals remains an open question.
{For Part I see [S. I. Vacaru, “Nonholonomic Ricci flows. I. Riemann metrics and FooterLagrange-
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Finsler geometry”, preprint, arxiv.org/abs/math/0612162].} Header Page 25 of 70.
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Deformation quantization of nonholonomic almost Kähler models and Einstein gravity.
(English summary)
Phys. Lett. A 372 (2008), no. 17, 2949–2955.
In the present paper the author demonstrates how the structure of a non-integrable distribution on
an even-dimensional manifold V 2n together with a (pseudo-)Riemannian structure allows one to
endow V 2n with the structure of an almost Kähler manifold. Furthermore, he constructs a certain
linear connection in T V 2n which is compatible with the above (pseudo-)Riemannian metric but in
general has non-vanishing torsion components.
After these steps the author is in the position to apply the Fedosov construction [cf. B. V. Fedosov,
J. Differential Geom. 40 (1994), no. 2, 213–238; MR1293654 (95h:58062)] for deformation
quantizations on almost Kähler manifolds given in [A. V. Karabegov and M. Schlichenmaier, Lett.
Math. Phys. 57 (2001), no. 2, 135–148; MR1856906 (2002f:53156)]. Header Page 27 of 70.
Hence, the main aim of the paper under review is to show that an even-dimensional spacetime, in
addition to a non-integrable distribution, naturally gives rise to a deformation quantization of that
spacetime. Nevertheless, this should not be confused with an honest quantization of the underlying
gravitational field.
Finally, there is a misprint in the recursion formula for r(k+3) on page 2953, where one should
read
k
i X (k−l+2) (l+2)
− r ◦r
v
l=0
rather than
k
i X (l+2) (l+2)
− r ◦r .
v
l=0
Reviewed by Nikolai A. Neumaier

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Generalized Lagrange transforms: Finsler geometry methods and deformation quantization
of gravity. (English summary)
An. Ştiinţ. Univ. Al. I. Cuza Iaşi. Mat. (N.S.) 53 (2007), suppl. 1, 327–342.
The author aims to generalize some results from a previous paper [S. I. Vacaru, J. Math. Phys. 48
(2007), no. 12, 123509, 14 pp.; MR2377841 (2008k:53209)] by viewing an almost Kähler manifold
as a generalized Lagrange space. Most of the work done here is contained in the aforementioned
paper and another one by the author [Phys. Lett. A 372 (2008), no. 17, 2949–2955; MR2404752
(2009g:53137)]. The paper seems to be based on the notion of a fibered manifold (as nearly
everything is written in fibered coordinates) of dimension n + n, although the author claims that
his results are valid for a general 2n-dimensional manifold V 2n .


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MR2378384 (2008k:83030) 83C15

Parametric nonholonomic frame transforms and exact solutions in gravity. (English
summary)
The author has, in many previous publications, together with various collaborators, developed a
method of nonholonomic frame transformations in (pseudo-)Riemannian manifolds with the aim
of generating new solutions of Einstein’s equations from an explicitly known one. The technique
is inspired by the papers of R. Geroch [J. Mathematical Phys. 12 (1971), 918–924; MR0286442
(44 #3651); J. Mathematical Phys. 13 (1972), 394–404; MR0300598 (45 #9643)].
The paper under review summarizes the formalism of nonholonomic frame transformations,
i.e., transformations of the basis of each tangent space which is assumed split into a horizontal
subspace and its vertical complement such that under these transformations the vertical space
remains invariant. The idea is to start with a metric admitting one or more local isometries and of
a simple form in some coordinates and to replace the differentials of some ‘vertical’ coordinates
by co-frames that include some of the differentials of ‘horizontal’ coordinates (thus changing the
N-connection). When the coefficients depend only on one or a few of the coordinates and possibly
some other parameters and the original metric satisfies Einstein’s or some other field equations
then the deformed metric will satisfy the field equations provided some hopefully much simpler
partial differential equations hold for the few introduced coefficients of the frame transformations.
A number of examples are given in four and five dimensions starting with the Schwarzschild and
the pp-wave exact solutions of the vacuum Einstein equations.
Reviewed by Hans-Peter Künzle

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Deformation quantization of almost Kähler models and Lagrange-Finsler spaces. (English
summary)
J. Math. Phys. 48 (2007), no. 12, 123509, 14 pp.
In a very interesting paper [Lett. Math. Phys. 57 (2001), no. 2, 135–148; MR1856906
(2002f:53156)] A. V. Karabegov and M. Schlichenmaier extended Fedosov’s techniques of quan-
tization of symplectic manifolds to the case of almost Kähler manifolds. By usingHeader Page 29
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that a
Finsler space can be modeled as an almost Kähler manifold with some specific features, the au-
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Texts in Mathematics Vol. 200 (Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 2000). MR1747675 (2001g:53130)

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MR2311055 (2008c:53069) 53C44 (83C15)

Vacaru, Sergiu I. (3-FLDS2); Visinescu, Mihai
Nonholonomic Ricci flows and running cosmological constant. I. 4D Taub-NUT metrics.
(English summary)
Internat. J. Modern Phys. A 22 (2007), no. 6, 1135–1159.
In this paper, the formalism of the “anholonomic frame method” is elaborated and applied to the
construction of exact solutions of Ricci flow equations describing nonholonomic deformations
of off-diagonal metrics and Taub-NUT-like metrics. After presenting the general form of generic
off-diagonal metrics as usually considered in anholonomic manifolds with associated nonlinear
connection structure, a general class of the corresponding anholonomic Ricci flow equations is
formulated and a brief outline of the method to construct their solutions is given. The generation of
such solutions is simpler for Levi-Civita connections and it is presented as a study of the emerging
constraints in this case. The anholonomic frame formalism is then applied to the generation and
analysis of exact solutions describing off-diagonal Ricci flows of four-dimensional Taub-NUT-like
metrics. In particular, topological Taub-NUT-AdS/dS spacetimes are considered, which describe
physical settings including a nontrivial cosmological constant. A very useful appendix contains an
outline of the geometry of nonlinear connections (Riemann-Cartan manifolds) and anholonomic
deformations.
As a conclusion, it can be said that the construction of exact off-diagonal solutions that depend
both holonomically and anholonomically on two and three variables is a mathematically difficult
and tedious task, but the anholonomic frame method provides a possibility of treating this problem
despite the circumstantially obscure physical and/or conceptual interpretations of the results one
obtains in this way. Header Page 32 of 70.

Citations
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Vacaru, Sergiu I.
Ricci flows and solitonic pp-waves. (English summary)
Internat. J. Modern Phys. A 21 (2006), no. 23-24, 4899–4912.
Summary: “We find exact solutions describing Ricci flows of four-dimensional pp-waves non-
linearly deformed by two-/three-dimensional solitons. Such solutions are parametrized by five-
dimensional metrics with generic off-diagonal terms and connections with nontrivial torsion which
can be related, for instance, to antisymmetric tensor sources in string gravity. Nontrivial limits to
four-dimensional configurations and Einstein gravity are defined.”
Reviewed by Weimin Sheng

Citations
From References: 3
MR2263658 (2007m:53108) 53D17 (53B15 58H99)

Vacaru, Sergiu I. (3-BRCK)
Clifford-Finsler algebroids and nonholonomic Einstein-Dirac structures. (English
summary)
J. Math. Phys. 47 (2006), no. 9, 093504, 20 pp.
A real Lie algebroid (E, [·, ·]E , ρE ) consists of a smooth real vector bundle over a manifold M ,
τ : E → M , endowed with a real Lie algebra structure [·, ·]E on the vector space Γ(E) of smooth
global sections of E, and a vector bundle morphism ρE : E → T M (called the anchor map) such
that
(1) [X, f Y ]E = f [X, Y ]E + (ρE (X)f ) · Y for all X, Y ∈ Γ(E) and f ∈ C ∞ (M ),
(2) ρE defines a Lie algebra morphism from the Lie algebra (Γ(E), [·, ·]E ) into (X(M ), [·, ·]).
Complex Lie algebroids can be defined similarly, with the tangent bundle T M replaced by the
complexified tangent bundle TC M .
Header Page 33
In this paper, the author studies the consequences of having some additional structures onofM
70.
and E. First, it is assumed that on the tangent bundle p: T M → M there is defined a non-linear
connection, understood as a smooth splitting of the exact sequence
p0
0 → vT M ,→ T T M −→ p−1 T M → 0
of vector bundles over the manifold T M (here p−1 T M is the pullback of T M , p0 is defined by
factoring the tangent map p∗ : T T M → T M through p−1 T M and vT M = ker p0 ). It must be
remarked that the notation in the paper is slightly different (and less standard). The author calls
a manifold M with such a non-linear connection on T M an anholonomic manifold (to stress the
fact that, in general, the non-linear connection is non-integrable, or non-holonomic).
Second, the author takes E to be the Clifford bundle of M , E = Cl(T M ) (thus presupposing
the existence of a pseudo-Riemannian metric g). The anchor map, denoted s ρ, is now a morphism
s
ρ: Cl(T M ) → T M , and the author defines it in a way that makes it “compatible” with the
non-linear connection on T M . The resulting Lie algebroid is called a Clifford algebroid.
After discussing the construction of several differential-geometric notions on manifolds with a
non-linear connection, such as covariant differentiation, Dirac operators, etc., the author analyzes
some field equations of relevance in physics: scalar, Proca, graviton, spinor and gauge field
interactions.
However, some comments about somewhat inaccurate statements in the paper are in order. With
respect to the title: although the paper is called “Clifford-Finsler algebroids and nonholonomic
Einstein-Dirac structures”, the prospective reader should know that:
(1) Finsler structures do not appear anywhere, except for some tangential comments in the intro-
duction (that seem to be unrelated to the contents of the paper).
(2) The same applies to the Einstein-Dirac structures (which are not defined in the paper; presum-
ably it refers to a given solution of the Einstein-Dirac equation on the manifold M considered
as a Spin manifold).
(3) Although the paper begins with some definitions related to Lie algebroids and Clifford al-
gebroids, the connection between these and the contents of the paper is not as close as the
title suggests. The paper’s main content is a series of computations on a manifold with a non-
linear connection, in which the Lie algebroid structure plays no role, and some comments are
eventually added on how to modify these results in order to make them compatible with the
presence of the anchor map.
(4) In the conclusions of the paper the author claims to have given “an intrinsic formulation of
the geometry of Clifford N -anholonomic structures”. However, there is definitely nothing
intrinsic in the paper: all the computations, definitions, etc., are given in coordinates and, by
the way, using a notation which makes the reading of the paper a challenging task.
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Citations
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Book From Reviews: 1
MR2255045 (2008i:53107) 53C60 (70G45 81R60 83F05)

Vacaru, S. (E-CSIC); Stavrinos, P.; Gaburov, E.; Gonţa, D.
FClifford and RiemannFinsler structures in geometric mechanics and gravity. [Clifford and
Riemann-Finsler structures in geometric mechanics and gravity]
Selected works.
With a preface by Mihai Anastasiei.
Available electronically at http://vectron.mathem.pub.ro/dgds/mono/va-t.pdf.
DGDS. Differential Geometry—Dynamical Systems. Monographs, 7.
Geometry Balkan Press, Bucharest, 2006. l+643 pp.
This work is a very difficult one to review. The format is that of a book, but actually it is a
collection of 15 preprints uploaded mainly to the hep-th section of the arXiv. At first, I tried hard to
make comments for each “chapter” (i.e., each preprint), but later I became convinced that this was
absolutely inappropriate, for me (it is a very time-consuming task) and for the reader (confronted
to 25–30 pages of comments). However, it is also complicated to make a consistent review for the
whole collection, as some of the topics treated are unrelated to each other.
At the end, the best solution I have found is to indicate the arXiv preprint to which each chapter
corresponds, so the reader can readily find it and take a look at its abstract, and to make a brief
outline of the layout and contents of the book.
In chapters 1 [S. I. Vacaru, “Generalized Finsler geometry in Einstein, string and metric-affine
gravity”, preprint, http://arxiv.org/abs/hep-th/0310132] and 2 [S. I. Vacaru, E. Gaburov and D.
Gontsa, “A method of constructing off-diagonal solutions in metric-affine and string gravity”,
preprint, arxiv.org/abs/hep-th/0310133], the authors make a review of the theory of nonlinear
connections, introducing their own notations and rewriting some known results. A nonlinear
connection on the tangent bundle p: T M → M is a smooth splitting of the exact sequence of
vector bundles
p0
[0 → vT M → T T M → p−1 T M → 0],
where p−1 T M is the pullback of T M , and p0 is defined by factoring the tangent map p∗ : T T M →
T M through p−1 T M and vT M = ker p0 . For these, the usual notions of curvature, scalar cur-
vature, Ricci tensor, etc., can be constructed, so it makes sense to explore what the meaning of
Einstein’s equations will be in this setting. This is done by the authors in several places of the
book, but notably in the first two chapters.
Chapter 3 [S. I. Vacaru and E. Gaburov, “Noncommutative symmetries and stability of black
ellipsoids in metric-affine and string gravity”, preprint, arxiv.org/abs/hep-th/0310134] is devoted
to the study of exact solutions to the aforementioned Einstein equations, mimicking the known
methods for the case of a linear connection. In chapters 4 to 12 (respectively: [S. I. Vacaru, “Locally
anisotropic black holes in Einstein gravity”, preprint, arxiv.org/abs/gr-qc/0001020; S. I. Vacaru,
P. Stavrinos and E. Gaburov, “Anholonomic triads and new classes of (2 + 1)-dimensional black
hole solutions”, preprint, arxiv.org/abs/gr-qc/0106068; S. I. Vacaru, P. Stavrinos and HeaderD.
Page 36 of 70.
Gontsa,
“Anholonomic frames and thermodynamic geometry of 3D black holes”, preprint, arxiv.org/abs/
gr-qc/0106069; S. I. Vacaru, “Off-diagonal 5D metrics and mass hierarchies with anisotropies
and running constants”, preprint, arxiv.org/abs/hep-ph/0106268; S. I. Vacaru and E. Gaburov,
“Anisotropic black holes in Einstein and brane gravity”, preprint, arxiv.org/abs/hep-th/0108065; S.
I. Vacaru and D. Gontsa,“Off-diagonal metrics and anisotropic brane inflation”, preprint, arxiv.org/
abs/hep-th/0109114; S. I. Vacaru, “A new method of constructing black hole solutions in Einstein
and 5D gravity”, preprint, arxiv.org/abs/hep-th/0110250; “Black tori solutions in Einstein and
5D gravity”, preprint, arxiv.org/abs/hep-th/0110284; “Ellipsoidal black hole-black tori systems
in 4D gravity”, preprint, arxiv.org/abs/hep-th/0111166]), which are the core of the book, the
authors develop their own method to find such exact solutions, called the “anholonomic frame
method”, and apply it to a wide variety of topics including: 3D black holes, warped and toroidal
configurations, or some locally anisotropic models appearing in inflationary cosmology.
Chapters 13 [S. I. Vacaru, “Noncommutative Finsler geometry, gauge fields and gravity”,
preprint, arxiv.org/abs/math-ph/0205023], 14 [S. I. Vacaru, “(Non)commutative Finsler geometry
from string/M-theory”, preprint, arxiv.org/abs/hep-th/0211068] and 15 [S. I. Vacaru, “Nonholo-
nomic Clifford structures and noncommutative Riemann-Finsler geometry”, preprint, arxiv.org/
abs/math/0408121] are of a somewhat different nature than the rest of the papers and deal with
the generalization of the notion of a nonlinear connection to the case of noncommutative spaces.
To this end, use is made of the correspondence established by the Serre-Swan theorem: the cate-
gory of smooth vector bundles over a smooth manifold M is equivalent to the category of finitely
generated projective modules over C∞ (M ). Using this theorem as a guide, in noncommutative
geometry one treats finitely generated projective modules over a noncommutative algebra A as
vector bundles over a suitable noncommutative space.
The authors extend the definition of nonlinear connection to finitely generated projective mod-
ules, and then apply it to the study of gravity in this new context.

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Vacaru, Sergiu I. (E-CSIC)
Exact solutions with noncommutative symmetries in Einstein and gauge gravity. (English
summary)
J. Math. Phys. 46 (2005), no. 4, 042503, 47 pp.
The author proposes to search for solutions of generalized theories of gravity that possess so-
called noncommutative symmetries which in some limits may reduce to standardFooterKilling sym-
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metries (isometries). The space-time is a fibre bundle with an n-dimensional base Header
with aPage 37 of 70.
pseudo-
k k a
Riemannian metric gij (x ) and, on the bundle space, is parametrized by (x , y ) coordinates, with
a metric which is a direct product of g and a fibre component of the form hab (xk , y)δy a ⊗ δy b ,
where δy a = dy a + Nia (x, y)dxi . This anholonomic coframe {δy a } seems to incorporate the con-
nection to noncommutative geometry. A (not necessarily symmetric) linear connection adapted
to this coframe can be introduced which defines the curvature. Since the vector fields dual to
the coframes {δy a } do not commute they do not form, in general, a Lie algebra but are here in-
terpreted as some kind of anholonomic noncommutative symmetries. The bulk of the paper is
then concerned with taking well-known (4-dimensional) solutions of Einstein’s equations (like the
Reissner-Nordström and Kerr metrics) and deforming them by adding one or more parameters to
construct higher-dimensional metrics with noncommutative symmetries.
Reviewed by Hans-Peter Künzle
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Etayo, Fernando (E-SANTS-CP);
Santamaria, Rafael [Santamarı́a Sánchez, Rafael] (E-SANTS-CP);
Vacaru, Sergiu I. (E-SANTS-CP)
Lagrange-Fedosov nonholonomic manifolds. (English summary)
J. Math. Phys. 46 (2005), no. 3, 032901, 17 pp.
A unified approach to the geometry of Lagrange and Finsler spaces and to the construction of exact
solutions with generic off-diagonal terms of the vacuum Einstein equations is presented within the
framework of the theory of manifolds with an N -anholonomic structure. By the latter is meant
a manifold with a nonlinear connection, briefly N -connection, and an adapted nonholonomic (or
anholonomic) frame. This paper, which is a continuation of recent work by the third Header author,
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is
mainly rooted in the tradition of the Romanian school on Finsler geometry and the geometry of
Lagrange and Hamilton spaces (cf. previous work on the subject by R. Miron, M. Anastasei and
others).
Consider a Lagrangian L, defined and continuous on a tangent bundle T M , and assume L is
smooth and regular on ] T M := T M r {0} (i.e. the tangent bundle with the zero section deleted).
From previous work it is recalled that such a Lagrangian induces a nonlinear connection and an
almost Kähler structure, with associated almost symplectic form, on ] T M . Next, it is shown how
N -anholonomic structures make their appearance in the context of gravity theories.
The notion of “distinguished connection” (d-connection) on an N -anholonomic manifold is
introduced: it is a linear connection whose parallel transport preserves the decomposition of the
tangent bundle induced by the given nonholonomic connection. The existence and properties of a
d-connection “compatible” with the structures induced by a regular Lagrangian are discussed.
A Fedosov N -anholonomic manifold is defined as an N -anholonomic manifold with an almost
complex and an almost symplectic structure, adapted to the given N -connection, and an almost
symplectic d-connection. If the given structures are induced by a Lagrangian function, the manifold
is called a Lagrange-Fedosov manifold. Some properties of these manifolds are investigated.
Finally, conditions are given under which gravitational vacuum configurations with N -
anholonomic structures represent exact solutions of the Einstein equations.
Reviewed by Frans Cantrijn
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MR2117522 (2005k:58008) 58A50 (53B40)

Vacaru, Sergiu I. (1-CAS2-P); Vicol, Nadejda A. (MO-MOMI)
Generalized Finsler superspaces. (English summary)
Conference “Applied Differential Geometry: General Relativity”—Workshop “Global Analysis,
Differential Geometry, Lie Algebras”, 197–229, BSG Proc., 11, Geom. Balkan Press, Bucharest,
2004.
The authors study the construction of nonlinear connections and metric structures on supervector
bundles within the framework of DeWitt-Rogers supermanifolds. These structures Header Page 44 ofthe
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supersymmetric version of Lagrange and Finsler spaces, and are used in order to deal with the so-
called locally anisotropic spaces, which the authors consider lie at the basis of quantum statistical
and field theories of non-homogeneous and dispersive media. Supergravitational theories on these
locally anisotropic spaces (developed in a way parallel to the classical theory of Einstein as well as
in a gauge-like form) are analyzed, and some comments on physical applications to quantum field
theory are included. From a mathematical point of view, the treatment is local, and nearly all the
computations are done in an adapted reference frame, in concordance with the notations common
in physics.
{For the entire collection see MR2115820 (2005i:53001)}

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MR2117521 (2006e:53047) 53B40

Tsagas, Grigorios (GR-THESS-DM); Vacaru, Sergiu I. (1-CAS2-P)
Nonlinear connections and isotopic Clifford structures. (English summary)
Conference “Applied Differential Geometry: General Relativity”—Workshop “Global Analysis,
Differential Geometry, Lie Algebras”, 153–196, BSG Proc., 11, Geom. Balkan Press, Bucharest,
2004.
The authors study nonlinear connections and Clifford structures, including spinors, curvature,
torsion, etc., on (pseudo-Riemannian) isospaces. An isospace is a mutation of an algebra by an
invertible element; such spaces can be used to describe moving objects having internal degrees
of freedom and lead to generalized Lagrange and Finsler structures. The authors isoify the whole
bundle toolkit and finally introduce iso-Clifford algebras, isospinors using nonlinear connections.
{For the entire collection see MR2115820 (2005i:53001)}
Reviewed by Bertfried Fauser

Citations
From References: 3

MR2085061 (2005g:53135) 53C60 (53C27 83C60) Header Page 45 of 70.
Vacaru, Sergiu I. (P-TULT-AP); Vicol, Nadejda A. (MO-MOMI)
Nonlinear connections and spinor geometry. (English summary)
Int. J. Math. Math. Sci. 2004, no. 21-24, 1189–1237.
First, the authors develop the geometry of the total space E of a fiber bundle π: E → M whose
typical fiber is a finite direct sum of vector and covector spaces. The lines of this development
stem from the book by R. Miron and M. Anástásiei [The geometry of Lagrange spaces: theory
and applications, Kluwer Acad. Publ., Dordrecht, 1994; MR1281613 (95f:53120)]. The main tool
is a nonlinear connection given as a distributon that is supplementary to the vertical distribution
defined by the kernel of the differential π∗ of π. Then all the geometrical objects are decomposed
with respect to these distributions. The resulting components, usually written in an adapted basis
that is anholonomic, are called d-objects. Great attention is paid to the anholonomic frame for its
usefulness in Physics. The linear d-connections, d-metrical structures, compatibility, d-torsions,
and d-curvatures are treated in detail and particular cases such as generalised Lagrange spaces,
Lagrange spaces, Finsler spaces, higher order Lagrange and Hamilton spaces are reviewed.
Secondly, the authors use similar ideas for discussing spinor geometry in the spirit of Finsler-
like geometries. Now the geometric support is the total space of a fiber bundle whose fibers are the
direct sum of Clifford algebras. Some constructions of great generality and interest such as Clifford
fibrations and almost complex spinor structures are provided. The decomposition produced by a
nonlinear connection leads to Clifford d-algebras, d-spinors and d-twistors. A covariant derivative
for d-spinors is introduced, and, accordingly, torsions and curvatures.
In a long introduction as well as throughout the paper, many strong arguments for applica-
tions of Finsler-like geometries in string and gravity theory, noncommutative geometry and the
noncommutative theory of fields and gravity are provided.
The references contains 113 titles. Almost 40 belong to the first author and his collaborators.
Reviewed by Mihai Anastasiei

Citations
From References: 0
MR2077042 (2005b:83067) 83C57 (83C15)

Vacaru, Sergiu I. (P-TULT-AP); Göksel, Daylan Esmer (TR-ISTUNS-P)
Horizons and geodesics of black ellipsoids with anholonomic conformal symmetries.
(English summary)
Focus on mathematical physics research, 1–14, Nova Sci. Publ., Hauppauge, NY, 2004.
Summary: “The horizon and geodesic structure of static configurations generated by anisotropic
conformal transforms of the Schwarzschild metric is analyzed. We construct the maximal analytic
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different classes of vacuum solutions of the Einstein equations describing ‘black ellipsoid’ objects.
This is possible because, in general, for off-diagonal metrics with deformed non-spherical sym-
metries and associated anholonomic frames the conditions of the uniqueness black hole theorems
do not hold.”
{For the entire collection see MR2073646 (2005a:00012)}

Citations
From References: 1
MR1982185 (2004f:83005) 83C05 (53C80)

Dehnen, Heinz (D-KNST-P); Vacaru, Sergiu I. (P-TULT-AP)
Nonlinear connections and nearly autoparallel maps in general relativity. (English
summary)
Gen. Relativity Gravitation 35 (2003), no. 5, 807–850.
In this article the authors consider the metrics g = g̃αβ duα ⊗ duβ , uα = (xk , y a ), k = 1, . . . , n,
a = 1, . . . , m, on (n + m)-dimensional (pseudo) Riemannian space-times V (n+m) that are written
in the block diagonal form
gij (uα ) 0
h i
gαβ =
0 hab (uα )
with respect to an anholonomic frame δα = (δi , ∂ya ) where δi = ∂xi − Nib (xj , y c )∂yb and where the
components gij and hab are derived from Finsler and, more generally, Lagrange structures. They
use the method of moving anholonomic frames with associated nonlinear connections to examine
the conditions under which metrics of this form solve the Einstein field equations, where the
metric connection is not assumed to have vanishing torsion. Using their techniques, they construct
new classes of anisotropic solutions of the Einstein field equations for both the vacuum and the
non-vacuum case. The authors also use the concept of nearly autoparallel maps to discuss local
conservation laws on anisotropic spacetimes.
Reviewed by Hans P. Künzle

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From References: 0

MR1969737 (2004k:83076) 83C57 (83C15) Header Page 47 of 70.
Vacaru, Sergiu I. (P-TULT-AP)
Horizons and geodesics of black ellipsoids. (English summary)
Internat. J. Modern Phys. D 12 (2003), no. 3, 479–494.
Summary: “We analyze the horizon and geodesic structure of a class of 4D off-diagonal metrics
with deformed spherical symmetries, which are exact solutions of the vacuum Einstein equations
with anholonomic variables. The maximal analytic extension of the ellipsoid type metrics is
constructed and the Penrose diagrams are analyzed with respect to the adapted frames. We prove
that for small deformations (small eccentricities) there are metrics such that the geodesic behaviour
is similar to the Schwarzcshild one. We conclude that some vacuum static and stationary ellipsoid
configurations may describe black ellipsoid objects.”

Citations
From References: 0
MR1969736 (2004k:83075) 83C57 (83C25)

Vacaru, Sergiu I. (P-TULT-AP)
Perturbations and stability of black ellipsoids. (English summary)
Internat. J. Modern Phys. D 12 (2003), no. 3, 461–478.
Summary: “We study the perturbations of two classes of static black ellipsoid solutions of the four-
dimensional vacuum Einstein equations. Such solutions are described by generic off-diagonal
metrics which are generated by anholonomic transforms of diagonal metrics. The analysis is
performed in the approximation of small eccentricity deformations of the Schwarzschild solution.
We conclude that such anisotropic black hole objects may be stable with respect to the perturbations
parametrized by the Schrodinger equations in the framework of the one-dimensional inverse
scattering theory.”

Citations
From References: 2

MR1964039 (2004d:83060) 83C99 (53C80 83E15) Header Page 48 of 70.
Vacaru, Sergiu I. (P-TULT-AP); Dehnen, Heinz (D-KNST-P)
Locally anisotropic structures and nonlinear connections in Einstein and gauge gravity.
(English summary)
Gen. Relativity Gravitation 35 (2003), no. 2, 209–250.
In the article under review the authors begin by considering metrics g = g̃αβ duα ⊗ duβ , uα =
(xk , y a ), k = 1, . . . , n, a = 1, . . . , m, on (n + m)-dimensional (pseudo-)Riemannian space-times
V (n+m) that can be written in block diagonal form

gij (xk , y a ) 0
gαβ =
0 hab (xk , y a )
with respect to a frame δα = (δi , ∂ya ) where δi = ∂xi − Nib (xj , y c )∂yb . They refer to frames of
this type as “anholonomic”. The anholonomic frame induces a splitting of the tangent space into
a horizontal and vertical subspace. The resulting decomposition of a linear connection and the
associated curvature tensor are analyzed by the authors and all relevant formulas for the various
components are provided.
Next, the authors consider an inductive generalization of the anholonomic frame which splits the
metric into two or more block diagonal pieces. The frame induces a corresponding decomposition
of the tangent space into a direct sum of subspaces. The authors analyze the corresponding de-
composition of a linear connection and the associated curvature tensor again providing formulas
for all the components. These formulas are subsequently used to describe the resulting decompo-
sition in the field equations of general relativity, affine-Poincaré and/or de Sitter gauge gravity and
Kaluza-Klein theories.
Finally, the authors use their construction to find new classes of cosmological solutions in general
relativity. These solutions describe Friedmann-Robertson-Walker like universes with resolution
ellipsoid or torus symmetry.
Reviewed by Todd A. Oliynyk

Citations
From References: 1
MR1922140 (2003k:83122) 83E15 (83C57)

Vacaru, Sergiu I. (1-CAS2-P); Singleton, D. [Singleton, Douglas] (1-CAS2-P)
Warped solitonic deformations and propagation of black holes in 5D vacuum gravity.
(English summary)
Classical Quantum Gravity 19 (2002), no. 14, 3583–3601.
Summary: “In this paper we use the anholonomic frames method to construct exact solutions for
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general,
anisotropic and possess interesting features such as an anisotropic warp factor withHeader Page 49
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extra dimension, or a gravitational scaling/running of some of the physical parameters associated
with the solutions. A certain class of solutions is found to describe Schwarzschild black holes
which ‘solitonically’ propagate in spacetime. The solitonic character of these black-hole solutions
arises from the embedding of the sine-Gordon soliton configuration into certain ansatz functions
of the 5D metric. These solitonic solutions may either violate or preserve local Lorentz invariance.
In addition, there is a connection between these solutions and non-commutative field theory. In
addition to the possible physical applications of the solutions presented here, this paper is meant
to illustrate the strength of the anholonomic frames method in handling anisotropic solutions of
the gravitational field equations.”

Citations
From References: 2
MR1911310 (2003c:83127) 83E15

Warped, anisotropic wormhole/soliton configurations in vacuum 5D gravity. (English
summary)
Summary: “In this paper we apply the anholonomic frames method developed in previous work
to construct and study anisotropic vacuum field configurations in 5D gravity. Starting with an
off-diagonal 5D metric, parametrized in terms of several ansatz functions, we show that using
anholonomic frames greatly simplifies the resulting Einstein field equations. These simplified
equations contain an interesting freedom in that one can choose one of the ansatz functions and
then determine the remaining ansatz functions in terms of this choice. As examples we take one
of the ansatz functions to be a solitonic solution of either the Kadomtsev-Petviashvili equation or
the sine-Gordon equation. There are several interesting physical consequences of these solutions.
First, a certain subclass of the solutions discussed in this paper has an exponential warp factor
similar to that of the Randall-Sundrum model. However, the warp factor depends on more than just
the fifth coordinate. In addition the warp factor arises from anisotropic vacuum solutions rather
than from any explicit matter. Second, the solitonic character of these solutions might allow them
to be interpreted either as gravitational models for particles (i.e. analogous to the ’t Hooft-Polyakov
monopole, but in the context of gravity), or as nonlinear, anisotropic gravitational waves.”


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MR1893682 (2002m:83078) 83E05 (83E15)

Ellipsoidal, cylindrical, bipolar and toroidal wormholes in 5D gravity. (English summary)
J. Math. Phys. 43 (2002), no. 5, 2486–2504.
The authors generalize five-dimensional vacuum Einstein solutions which can represent worm-
holes and fluxtubes. The technique used to find the solutions is called the method of anholonomic
frames, and the solutions found are deformations from a spherical background. The solutions are
locally anisotropic and have off-diagonal metrics which reduce to previously known spherically
symmetric wormhole metrics in the local isotropic limit. The off-diagonal components can be
related to the “electric” and “magnetic” charges of the solution.
Reviewed by Mark D. Roberts
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MR1891652 (2004c:83111) 83E15 (53C80 83C15)

Vacaru, Sergiu I. (1-CAS2-P); Tintareanu-Mircea, Ovidiu
Anholonomic frames, generalized Killing equations, and anisotropic Taub-NUT spinning
spaces. (English summary)
Nuclear Phys. B 626 (2002), no. 1-2, 239–264.
Summary: “In this paper, we define anisotropic extensions of Euclidean Taub-NUT spaces by us-
ing anholonomic frames in (pseudo-)Riemannian spaces. With respect to coordinate frames such
spaces are described by off-diagonal metrics which could be diagonalized by corresponding an-
holonomic transforms. We define the conditions under which the 5D vacuum Einstein equations
have as solutions anisotropic Taub-NUT spaces. The generalized Killing equations for the con-
figuration space of anisotropically spinning particles (anisotropic spinning space) are analyzed.
Simple solutions of the homogeneous part of these equations are expressed in terms of some
anisotropically modified Killing-Yano tensors. The general results are applied to the case of the
four-dimensional locally anisotropic Taub-NUT manifold with Euclidean signature. We empha-
size that all constructions are for (pseudo-)Riemannian spaces defined by vacuum solutions, with
generic anisotropy, of 5D Einstein equations, the solutions being generated by applying the moving
frame method.”


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MR1893467 (2003e:83047) 83C65 (46L87 81T75 83E50)

Vacaru, Sergiu (MO-AOS-AP); Chiosa, Iurie (MO-MOMI); Vicol, Nadejda (MO-MOMI)
Locally anisotropic supergravity and gauge gravity on noncommutative spaces. (English
summary)
Noncommutative structures in mathematics and physics (Kiev, 2000), 229–243, NATO Sci. Ser. II
Math. Phys. Chem., 22, Kluwer Acad. Publ., Dordrecht, 2001.
The paper consists of two parts: first it is a review of the geometry of locally anisotropic superspaces
and supergravity based on the formalism of anholonomic superframes and nonlinear connections.
The second part is an attempt to construct gauge gravity theories on noncommutative spaces in the
∗-product formalism; here the authors follow the standard approach for noncommutative gauge
theories, applying the results of [B. Jurčo et al., Eur. Phys. J. C Part. Fields 17 (2000), no. 3,
521–526; MR1828308 (2002c:81216)] to their setup.
{For the entire collection see MR1893448 (2002k:81009)}
Reviewed by Andrzej Sitarz

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From References: 2
MR1869374 (2003b:83123) 83E15 (83C15)

Vacaru, Sergiu I. (1-CAS2-P); Popa, Florian Catalin
Dirac spinor waves and solitons in anisotropic Taub-NUT spaces. (English summary)
Summary: “We apply a new general method of anholonomic frames with associated nonlinear
connection structure to construct new classes of exact solutions of Einstein-Dirac equations in
five-dimensional (5D) gravity. Such solutions are parametrized by off-diagonal metrics in coordi-
nate (holonomic) bases or, equivalently, by diagonal metrics given with respect to some anholo-
nomic frames (pentads or fünfbeins satisfying corresponding constraint relations). We consider
two possibilities of generalization of the Taub-NUT metric in order to obtain vacuum solutions of
5D Einstein equations with effective renormalization of constants (by higher dimension anholo-
nomic gravitational interactions) having distinguished anisotropies on an angular parameter or
on an extra-dimensional coordinate. The constructions are extended to solutions describing self-
consistent propagations of 3D Dirac wave packets in 5D anisotropic Taub-NUT spacetimes. We
show that such anisotropic configurations of spinor matter can induce gravitational 3D solitons
which are solutions of Kadomtsev-Petviashvili or sine-Gordon equations.” Header Page 53 of 70.
Reviewed by Dmitri Korotkin

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From References: 1
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Vacaru, Sergiu I.; Singleton, D. [Singleton, Douglas] (1-CAS2-P);
Boţan, Vitalie A. (MO-MOP); Doţenco, Denis A. (MO-MOP)
Locally anisotropic wormholes and flux tubes in 5D gravity. (English summary)
Phys. Lett. B 519 (2001), no. 3-4, 249–259.
Summary: “In this paper we examine a class of wormhole and flux-tube-like solutions to the
5D vacuum Einstein equations. These solutions possess generic local anisotropy, and their local
isotropic limit is shown to be conformally equivalent to the spherically symmetric 5D solutions
by V. D. Dzhunushaliev and D. A. Singleton [Phys. Rev. D (3) 59 (1999), no. 6, 064018, 6 pp.
MR1678946]. The anisotropic solutions investigated here have two physically distinct signatures:
first, they can give rise to angular-dependent, anisotropic ‘electromagnetic’ interactions. Second,
they can result in a gravitational running of the ‘electric’ and ‘magnetic’ charges of the solutions.
This gravitational running of the electromagnetic charges is linear rather than logarithmic and
could thus serve as an indirect signal for the presence of higher dimensions. The local anisotropy
of these solutions is modeled using the technique of anholonomic frames with respect to which
the metrics are diagonalized. If holonomic coordinate frames were used, then such metrics would
have off-diagonal components.”

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MR1834408 (2002g:83017) 83C20 (83C57)

Vacaru, Sergiu I. (D-KNST-P)
Anholonomic soliton-dilaton and black hole solutions in general relativity. (English
summary)
J. High Energy Phys. 2001, no. 4, Paper 9, 48 pp.
From the summary: “A new method of construction of integral varieties of Einstein equations in
three-dimensional (3D) and 4D gravity is presented whereby, under corresponding redefinition
of physical values with respect to anholonomic frames of reference with associated Header Page 54 of 70.
nonlinear
connections, the structure of gravity field equations is substantially simplified. The Belinskiı̆-
Zakharov-Maison solitons for vacuum gravitational field equations are generalized to various
cases of two and three coordinate dependencies, local anisotropy and matter sources.”
Reviewed by Dmitri Korotkin

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From References: 6
MR1834616 (2002d:82064) 82C40 (53B40 53C80 83C99)

Locally anisotropic kinetic processes and thermodynamics in curved spaces. (English
summary)
Ann. Physics 290 (2001), no. 2, 83–123.
The kinetic equations for one-particle distributions with collision are formulated here on a higher-
dimensional space-time model consisting of a vector bundle over a Lorentz manifold of arbitrary
dimension. The vector bundle carries a nonlinear connection as well as a Hermitian structure, so
that the cases of general relativity and Finsler and Lagrange space generalizations are included as
special cases. The kinetic equations are then formulated in terms of the moving frames adapted to
the horizontal and vertical subspaces of the tangent space of the bundle. Energy density, enthalpy,
specific heats, entropy and other thermodynamic quantities can then be derived, as well as transport
coefficients. Some quite explicit formulae are obtained. Most of the expressions show a strong
dependence on the number of additional (anisotropic) dimensions added to the space-time.
Reviewed by Hans P. Künzle

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From References: 4

MR1815839 (2001m:81309) 81T75 (81V17 83C65) Header Page 55 of 70.
Gauge and Einstein gravity from non-abelian gauge models on noncommutative spaces.
(English summary)
Phys. Lett. B 498 (2001), no. 1-2, 74–82.
Summary: “Following the formalism of enveloping algebras and star product calculus we formu-
late and analyze a model of gauge gravity on noncommutative spaces and examine the conditions
of its equivalence to general relativity theory. The corresponding Seiberg-Witten maps are estab-
lished, which allow the definition of the respective dynamics for a finite number of gravitational
gauge field components on noncommutative spaces.”

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MR1743920 (2001f:53157) 53C80 (53C07 83C40 83E15)

Vacaru, Sergiu I. (MO-AOS-AP)
Nearly autoparallel maps, tensor integral and conservation laws on locally anisotropic
spaces. (English summary)
Fundamental open problems in science at the end of the millennium, Vol. I–III (Beijing, 1997),
67–103, Hadronic Press, Palm Harbor, FL, 1999.
In this paper a theory of nearly autoparallel (na-) maps of locally anisotropic (la-) spaces is
developed. As a general geometric model for an la-space the total space E of a vector bundle
endowed with a nonlinear connection, a linear connection and a metrical structure is chosen. It is
assumed that the last two objects are compatible and that both are adapted to the decomposition
of the tangent bundle T E produced by the first. This geometric setting is recalled in Section 2,
after an introduction, following the monograph by R. Miron and M. Anástásiei [The geometry of
Lagrange spaces: theory and applications, Kluwer Acad. Publ., Dordrecht, 1994; MR1281613
(95f:53120)]. A curve on E is called an na-curve if along it a coplanar 2-distribution E2 containing
its tangent vector is given. Here coplanar means that any vector in E2 remains there after parallel
transport. A local one-to-one map from E to E 0 is said to be an na-map if it carries any parallel
curve in an na-curve. Then a connection in E 0 is a deformation with a symmetric part P and a
skewsymmetric part Q of a given (auxiliary) linear connection γ. It is shown in Section 3 that
the na-maps are parametrised by the solutions of two systems of PDE involving P and Q. Using
this parametrisation a classification of na-maps into four classes is provided in Section 4, with the
proof in Appendix A. Next, using the curvature and Ricci tensor of γ a classification of reciprocal
na-maps into four classes is also obtained. In Section 5 the author defines the tensor integration for
a tensor defined on the tensor product of two vector bundles E and E 0 when E 0 is obtained from E
Header
by a nearly conformally projective map, i.e. a chain of na-maps. A Stokes-type formula isPage 56 of 70.
included.
Following again the monograph quoted above, the author proposes in Section 6 new forms of the
conservation laws on la-spaces stressing nonzero divergence of the energy-momentum tensor. The
tensor integral is used. Next he writes the Einstein equations and the said conservation laws on
the image of an na-map. The last section contains some conclusions and new projects. The level
of generality is very high since the paper comprises many other models due to the author and his
collaborators.
{For the entire collection see MR1743918 (2000k:00034)}

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MR1765533 (2001e:83087) 83E15 (53B40 83C57 83C80 83D05 83E30)

Exact solutions in locally anisotropic gravity and strings. (English summary)
Particles, fields, and gravitation (Łódź, 1998), 528–537, AIP Conf. Proc., 453, Amer. Inst. Phys.,
Woodbury, NY, 1998.
Some basic results on generalized Finsler Kaluza-Klein gravity and locally anisotropic strings are
outlined. Then, the exact solutions for locally anisotropic Friedmann-Robertson-Walker (FRW)
universes are investigated. The anisotropic black hole solutions in three-dimensional space-times
are also obtained. The results are extended to string theory. It is concluded that a generic anisotropy
of FRW metrics could generate drastic modifications of cosmological models.
{For the entire collection see MR1765483 (2001a:81006)}
Reviewed by Gheorghe Zet (Iaşi)

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MR1679228 (2000c:81343) 81T60 (58A50 58C50 81T30 83E30) Header Page 57 of 70.
Vacaru, Sergiu Ion (MO-AOS-AP)
FInteractions, strings and isotopies in higher order anisotropic superspaces. (English
summary)
Hadronic Press Monographs in Mathematics.
Hadronic Press, Inc., Palm Harbor, FL, 1998. ii+449 pp. ISBN 1-57485-032-6
This book presents a general geometric background for the theory of field interactions, strings
and diffusion processes on spaces, superspaces and isospaces with higher order anisotropy and
inhomogeneity. The first part of the book is devoted to the geometry of higher-order anisotropic
superspaces with an extension to supergravity models. The author defines the nearly autoparal-
lel tensor-integral on locally anisotropic multispaces, and discusses the problem of formulation of
conservation laws on spaces with local anisotropy. The author gives a brief introduction to the the-
ory of higher order anisotropic superstrings and the theory of supersymmetric locally anisotropic
stochastic processes. The second part contains an introduction to the geometry of higher-order
anisotropic spaces; the distinguishing of geometric objects by N -connection structures in such
spaces is analyzed, explicit formulas for coefficients of torsions and curvatures of N - and d-
connections are presented and the field equations for gravitational interactions with higher order
anisotropy are formulated. The author also considers the theory of stochastic differential equations
for locally anisotropic diffusion processes. The main purpose of the third part is to formulate a
synthesis of the Santilli isotheory and the approach to modeling locally anisotropic geometries and
physical models on bundle spaces provided with nonlinear connection and distinguished connec-
tion and metric structures. The author continues the study of the interior, locally anisotropic and
inhomogeneous gravitation by extending the iso-Riemannian spaces constructions and presenting
a geometric background for the theory of isofield interactions in generalized iso-Lagrange and iso-
Finsler spaces. This book addresses itself both to mathematicians and physicists, to researchers
and graduate students.
Reviewed by Sergey Nikolaevich Roshchupkin (Simferopol0)

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MR1650198 (99h:83049) 83E15 (53C15 53C60 53C80 81T20) Header Page 58 of 70.
Spinors and field interactions in higher order anisotropic spaces. (English summary)
J. High Energy Phys. 1998, no. 9, Paper 11, 50 pp. (electronic).
Summary: “We formulate the theory of field interactions with higher order anisotropy. The con-
cepts of higher order anisotropic space and locally anisotropic space (in brief, ha-space and
la-space) are introduced as general ones for various types of higher order extensions of Lagrange
and Finsler geometry and higher dimension (Kaluza-Klein type) spaces. The spinors on ha-spaces
are defined in the framework of the geometry of Clifford bundles provided with compatible nonlin-
ear and distinguished connections and metric structures (d-connection and d-metric). The spinor
differential geometry of ha-spaces is constructed. Some related issues connected with the physi-
cal aspects of higher order anisotropic interactions for gravitational, gauge, spinor, Dirac spinor
and Proca fields are discussed. Motion equations in higher order generalizations of Finsler spaces,
of the above-mentioned type of fields, are defined by using bundles of linear and affine frames
locally adapted to the nonlinear connection structure.”
Reviewed by Ilya Shapiro

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MR1676895 (2000i:83069) 83D05 (53B40)

Studies on Santilli’s locally anisotropic and inhomogeneous isogeometries. I. Isobundles and
generalized iso-Finsler gravity. (English summary)
Algebras Groups Geom. 14 (1997), no. 3, 211–257.
Summary: “We generalize the geometry of Santilli’s locally anisotropic and inhomogeneous
isospaces to the geometry of vector isobundles provided with nonlinear and distinguished iso-
connections and isometric structures. We present, apparently for the first time, the isotopies of
Lagrange, Finsler and Kaluza-Klein spaces. We also continue the study of the interior, locally
anisotropic and inhomogeneous gravitation by extending the iso-Riemannian space’s construc-
tion and presenting a geometric background for the theory of isofield interactions in generalized
iso-Lagrange and iso-Finsler spaces.”


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MR1649561 (99m:58207) 58G32 (60J60)

Locally anisotropic stochastic processes in fiber bundles. (English summary)
Proceedings of the Workshop on Global Analysis, Differential Geometry and Lie Algebras
(Thessaloniki, 1995), 123–140, BSG Proc., 1, Geom. Balkan Press, Bucharest, 1997.
The author extends the theory of diffusion processes on Riemannian spaces to spaces with local
anisotropy (vector bundles provided with compatible nonlinear, distinguished connections and
metric structures).
{For the entire collection see MR1648025 (99e:53001)}
Reviewed by Catherine Doss-Bachelet

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From References: 7
MR1453774 (98j:81303) 81T30 (53C60 58A50)

Superstrings in higher order extensions of Finsler superspaces. (English summary)
Nuclear Phys. B 494 (1997), no. 3, 590–656.
From the summary: “The work proposes a general background of the theory of field interactions
and strings in spaces with higher order anisotropy. . . . The first five sections cover the higher
order anisotropic superspaces. We focus on the geometry distinguished by nonlinear connection
vector superbundles, consider different supersymmetric extensions of Finsler and Lagrange spaces
and analyze the structure of basic geometric objects on such superspaces. The remaining five
sections are devoted to the theory of higher order anisotropic superstrings. In the framework
of supersymmetric nonlinear sigma-models in Finsler extended backgrounds we prove that the
low-energy dynamics of such strings contains equations of motion for locally anisotropic field
interactions. . . . Finally, we note that the developed computation methods are general (in some
aspects very similar to those for Einstein-Cartan-Weyl spaces which is a priority compared with
other cumbersome calculations in Finsler geometry) and admit extensions to various Clifford and
spinor bundles.”
Reviewed by Ilya Shapiro

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From References: 4
MR1447730 (98j:83103) 83E30 (53C80 81T17 83E15)

Vacaru, Sergiu I. (MO-AOS-SP)
Locally anisotropic gravity and strings. (English summary)
Ann. Physics 256 (1997), no. 1, 39–61.
Summary: “We present an introduction to the theory of gravity on locally anisotropic spaces mod-
elled as vector bundles provided with compatible nonlinear and distinguished linear connection
and metric structures (such spaces are obtained by a nonlinear connection reduction or compactifi-
cation from higher-dimensional spaces to lower-dimensional ones and contain as particular cases
various generalizations of Kaluza-Klein and Finsler geometry). We analyze the conditions for
consistent propagation of closed strings in locally anisotropic background spaces. The connec-
tion between conformal invariance, the vanishing of the renormalization group β-function of the
generalized σ-model, and field equations of locally anisotropic gravity are studied in detail.”

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Vacaru, S.
Gauge like treatment of generalized Lagrange and Finsler gravity. (English, Moldavian
summaries)
Izv. Akad. Nauk Respub. Moldova Fiz. Tekhn. 1996, no. 3, 31–35.
{There will be no review of this item.}

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MR1490995 (98k:53027) 53C07 (58E15) Header Page 61 of 70.
Vacaru, S.
Yang-Mills fields on spaces with local anisotropy. (English, Moldavian summaries)
Gauge field theories on spaces with local anisotropy are studied for the case of semisimple groups.
The method is based on the almost Hermitian model of generalized Lagrange spaces H 2n . These
spaces contain the Lagrange and Finsler geometries as particular cases. The gauge fields associated
to a group G are defined by means of a connection on the principal bundle (P, π, G, H 2n ) of base
H 2n and with G as structural group. The Yang-Mills equations for the gauge fields are written
in the total space of this bundle. Then the corresponding equations are projected onto the base
space H 2n in order to give a physical meaning of the results. It is shown that in the case when
G is semisimple the Yang-Mills equations can be obtained by variation of an appropriate action
integral.
Reviewed by Gheorghe Zet (Iaşi)

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MR1490994 (98m:58150) 58G32 (53C60 60H10)

Vacaru, S.
Stochastic differential equations on spaces with local anisotropy. (English, Moldavian
summaries)
The author’s aim is to formulate a theory of diffusion processes on spaces with local anisotropy.
He formulates a theory of stochastic differential equations on generalized Lagrange spaces, which
contains as particular cases Lagrange and Finsler spaces. The author uses an adapted nonlinear
connection as proposed by R. Miron and M. Anastasiei [The geometry of Lagrange spaces: theory
and applications, Kluwer Acad. Publ., Dordrecht, 1994; MR1281613 (95f:53120)].
Reviewed by Jacques Vauthier

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MR1490993 (99b:53018) 53A45 (53B40) Header Page 62 of 70.
Vacaru, S. I.
Tensorial integration on spaces with local anisotropy. (English, Moldavian summaries)
It is shown that the formalism of tensorial integration defined for locally parallelizable Riemann-
Cartan spaces [A. Moór, Acta Math. 86 (1951), 71–83; MR0045431 (13,583a); Monatsh. Math. 70
(1966), 134–148; MR0217729 (36 #818)] can be extended for generalized Lagrange (GL) spaces.
Locally parallelizable GL-spaces admit a structure of tensorial integration of d-tensors and thereby
enable one to define conservation laws there.
Reviewed by László Kozma

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MR1403766 (97i:83047) 83C60 (53C20 53C22 53C80)

Vacaru, Sergiu I. (MO-AOS-AP); Ostaf, Sergiu V.
Twistors and nearly autoparallel maps. (English summary)
Rep. Math. Phys. 37 (1996), no. 3, 309–324.
One of the major obstacles still confronting twistor theory is the lack of a natural twistor-theoretic
description of the (local) geometry of an arbitrary curved space-time (V). One way to think of
twistors, in conformally flat space-times, is as solutions of the so-called twistor equation [cf., e.g.,
R. Penrose and W. Rindler, Spinors and space-time. Vol. 2, Cambridge Univ. Press, Cambridge,
1986; MR0838301 (88b:83003)]. The presence of conformal curvature, however, thwarts such an
approach for more general space-times due to a constraint analogous to the Buchdahl constraints
for massless fields.
The idea of the authors of the paper under review is to associate to V an auxiliary (conformally)
flat space-time M and to “transport” twistors from the latter to V (locally). The machinery they
employ for this transportation was developed earlier [e.g., N. S. Sinyukov, Geodesic mappings of
Riemannian spaces (Russian), “Nauka”, Moscow, 1979; MR0552022 (81g:53014)]; specifically,
a (composition of finitely many) “nearly geodesic” mapping(s) from V to M. This machinery
effectively translates the (conformally) flat space-time twistor equation into a spinor equation on
V with a four-complex-dimensional solution space which may be taken to be the “twistor space”
of V.
The choice of this machinery seems rather unmotivated, however, bearing no apparent connec-
tion with twistor geometry itself. Indeed, the authors note that a null twistor from the auxiliary M
is transported into a nonnull “twistor” of V. The authors offer no application of their “twistors”;
indeed, their introduction of these “twistors” seems rather superfluous to the geometric consider-
ations of the paper concerning nearly geodesic mappings. Header Page 63 of 70.
It is perhaps worth remarking that the paper under review provides a good example of the need
for text editing of papers written in other than the authors’ first language. It is a sad trend that many
journals make no apparent effort in this direction, with the result that sentences that are virtually
incomprehensible appear in print, which is a disservice to all.
Reviewed by Peter R. Law

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MR1378664 (97b:53028) 53B40

Vacaru, S.; Ostaf, S.
Nearly autoparallel maps of Lagrange and Finsler spaces.
Lagrange and Finsler geometry, 241–253, Fund. Theories Phys., 76, Kluwer Acad. Publ.,
Dordrecht, 1996.
In a Lagrange space L(x, y) a curve γ in T M is called distinguished nearly autoparallel if a
2-dimensional coplanar distribution containing the tangents of γ exits along γ. A one-to-one
mapping between Lagrange spaces L and L̃ is called nearly autoparallel when all autoparallel
curves of L are mapped into a nearly autoparallel curve of L̃. The authors find criteria for these
mappings and classify them into 4 classes.
{For the entire collection see MR1378642 (96j:53024)}
Reviewed by László Kozma


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MR1378661 (96k:53028) 53B40

Gottlieb, I. [Gottlieb, Ioan]; Vacaru, S.
A. Moor’s tensorial integration in generalized Lagrange spaces.
Lagrange and Finsler geometry, 209–216, Fund. Theories Phys., 76, Kluwer Acad. Publ.,
Dordrecht, 1996.
Tensor integration as the inverse operation to covariant derivation is defined by the authors on
generalized Lagrange spaces, i.e. on metric line-element spaces M n = (M, gij (x, y)) given by the
metric tensor gij which need not be homogeneous in y. Then Stokes-type formulae and tensor-
integral conservation laws are obtained.
{For the entire collection see MR1378642 (96j:53024)}
Reviewed by L. Tamássy

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From References: 4
MR1370190 (96m:53085) 53C60 (53A50 53C80)

Spinor structures and nonlinear connections in vector bundles, generalized Lagrange and
Finsler spaces. (English summary)
J. Math. Phys. 37 (1996), no. 1, 508–523.
Let (E, π, M ) be a vector bundle and HE be a nonlinear connection on E, i.e., T E = HE ⊕ V E,
where V E is the vertical vector bundle of E. Both distributions HE and V E are assumed to be
endowed with semi-Riemannian metrics. The main purpose of the present paper is to extend both
the Clifford and spinor structures to vector bundles equipped with the above geometric structure.
Special attention is given to the case E = T M , where the same metric is taken on both HT M and
V TM.

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MR1490992 (98i:53022) 53A50 (53B40) Header Page 65 of 70.
Vacaru, S.
Clifford structures and spinors on spaces with local anisotropy. (English, Moldavian
summaries)
Summary: “We define Clifford and spinor structures on bundle spaces provided with nonlinear
and distinguished connections and metric structures containing as particular cases generalized
Lagrange and Finsler spaces.”
Reviewed by Jayme Vaz, Jr.

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From References: 1
MR1351356 (96i:53068) 53C60 (53C80 81T13 83D05)

Vacaru, Sergiu (MO-AOS-AP); Goncharenko, Yurii [Goncharenko, Yu. A.] (MO-AOS-AP)
Yang-Mills fields and gauge gravity on generalized Lagrange and Finsler spaces. (English
summary)
The authors bring several original contributions to the Lagrangian gravity expounded in the book
by R. Miron and the reviewer [The geometry of Lagrange spaces: theory and applications, Kluwer
Acad. Publ., Dordrecht, 1994; MR1281613 (95f:53120)]. Thus, they formulate a geometric ap-
proach to interactions of Yang-Mills fields on spaces with local anisotropy in vector bundles (with
semisimple structural groups) on generalized Lagrange spaces. They also extend the geometric
formalism, including theories with non-semisimple groups which permit a unique fibre bundle
treatment for both locally anisotropic Yang-Mills and gravitational interactions. One of the most
important results is that Lagrangian gravity is equivalent to a gaugelike theory in the bundle of
affine adapted frames on generalized Lagrange spaces. This result is used for the construction
of solutions of gravitational field equations describing gravitational gauge instantons with local
anisotropy.

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MR1342221 (96f:83050) 83C45 (81V17) Header Page 66 of 70.
Văcaru, S. I.; Goncharenko, Yu. A.
On exactly solvable 4D quantum gravities. (English, Russian, Moldavian summaries)
Izv. Akad. Nauk Respub. Moldova Fiz. Tekhn. 1994, no. 3, 53–58, 141.
The notion of “nearly autoparallel maps” is introduced for four-dimensional smooth space-time
manifolds with an affine connection Γa bc and its properties are studied. Given an autoparallel
vector field ua (i.e. such that ub ∇b ua ∼ ua ), the authors define a nearly autoparallel map as a
deformation of an affine connection Γa bc −→ Γa bc = Γa bc + P a bc where the defect tensor satisfies
the equation (∇c P d ab + P d ka P k bc )ua ub uc = aud + bP d ab ua ub with the coefficients a, b being
the functions of space-time coordinates and ua . Classification of such maps is suggested which
includes four classes distinguished by the algebraic structure of P a bc and the form of the functions
a, b. The authors propose to use these maps for constructing the exact solutions of the vacuum
Einstein equations from a gravitational field, represented by the connection Γa bc defined originally
on a two-dimensional submanifold. Although the consideration is purely classical, the authors
claim that this approach is extendable to the quantum theory of gravity.
Reviewed by Yu. N. Obukhov

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MR1342220 (96f:53094) 53C60 (53C80)

Văcaru, S.; Ostaf, S.; Goncharenko, Yu.; Doina, A.
Nearly autoparallel maps of Lagrange spaces. (English, Russian, Moldavian summaries)
A Lagrange space [c.f. J. Kern, Arch. Math. (Basel) 25 (1974), 438–443; MR0358615 (50 #11075)]
is a pair Lm = (M, L), where M is an m-dimensional manifold and L is a regular Lagrangian. A
nearly autoparallel mapping between two Lagrange spaces transforms a distinguished autoparallel
curve of the first space into a nearly distinguished autoparallel curve of the second space. The
authors obtain a classification of nearly autoparallel mappings and propose an extension of the
Einstein theory of gravity to Lagrange spaces.


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MR1330660 (96c:83028) 83C40

Văcaru, S. (MO-AOS-AP)
Nearly autoparallel maps and conservation laws on curved spaces. (English summary)
Romanian J. Phys. 39 (1994), no. 1, 37–52.
The author considers local one-to-one mappings transforming Einstein-Cartan spaces, and char-
acterizes these transformations by means of related geometric objects defined on such spaces. In
particular, he considers the problem of conservation laws for gravitational fields. He also relates
this study with previous ones, principally by A.Z.Petrov.
The meaning of the paper is summarized in the two last propositions, stating that the dynamics
of the Einstein gravitational and matter fields given on a pseudo-Riemannian space-time can be
equivalently locally modelled on suitable flat backgrounds, and that this method allows us also to
obtain the related conservation laws for Einstein graviational fields.
{Reviewer’s remarks:. The method considered in this paper gives good information from the
local point of view. However, in the framework of quantum phenomena, global information is
necessary in order to describe tunneling effects. (See recent works on the geometry of PDEs and
quantization of PDEs.)}
Reviewed by Agostino Pràstaro

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MR1316048 (95m:83084) 83C60 (83C45)

Văcaru, S. I.; Ostaf, S. V.
Twistor quantum cosmology. (English, Russian, Moldavian summaries)
The work is mainly concerned with the construction of twistor solutions to the Wheeler-DeWitt
equation in the framework of a two-dimensional superspace model. Roughly speaking, the model
consists of the minimal coupling of a homogeneous time-dependent uncharged scalar field with
the metric of a (bounded) Friedmann-Robertson-Walker space-time, the cosmological constant
being effectively assumed to vanish. The relevant configuration spaces are “coordinatized” by the
scalar field and a quantity which carries the scaling factor occurring in the (spatial) S 3 -part of
the background metric along with the rest-mass of the field. The authors build up a variational
principle which particularly involves holding fixed the field on the boundary three-sphere at
two different values of the time coordinate. They state that whenever the (measure-dependent)
Hawking parameter is set equal to one, the pieces of the corresponding field equation turn out
to be proportional to those of a Klein-Gordon equation which is set upon a conformally flat
superspace. Their version of the Wheeler-DeWitt theory appears as an equation defined on the
flat superspace involved, the result of the pertinent conformal transformation thus amounting to
ascribing a variable-mass character to the wave function of the universe. The twistor representation
of the wave function is accomplished by utilizing contour integrals which are formally the same as
the universal projective ones for spinless massive fields, but the basic (non-projective) twistor space
shows up as the direct sum of two spin fibers defined over points of the flat superspace. In writing
the integrals for the Klein-Gordon equation, they accordingly employ the conventional prescription
for constructing the conformal transformation laws for the spinor parts of elementary twistors
together with the Penrose expression for the d’Alembertian operator. A quantum description of
the universe is then achieved by simply making use of the standard twistor quantization rules. At
this stage, they suggest a twistor-diagram representation of mass eigenstates which carries explicit
Hankel functions. It is pointed out that, under certain circumstances, one can consider alternative
models which involve field equations containing constant-mass terms.
Reviewed by Jorge Goncalves Cardoso

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Nearly geodesic tensorial integration on bispaces: formulation of conservation laws for
gauge gravity. (English, Russian, Moldavian summaries)
The authors consider conservation laws for classical fields on curved spaces. The method is based
on a covariant variational principle and therefore naturally implies the use of an affine connection.
The second ingredient is a decomposition of the affine connection Γ in a background connection
plus a tensor, which the authors interpret as a deformation of the original connection. In this sense
the method is similar to that previously developed by other authors (Francaviglia and Ferraris,
Krupka). The natural application of the method is to general relativity and to Yang-Mills fields.
Reviewed by Victor Tapia


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Văcaru, S. I.
Nearly autoparallel and twistor transforms of bundle spaces. (English, Russian, Moldavian
summaries)
Summary: “The theory of nearly autoparallel maps (na-maps) of bundle spaces is formulated. We
advance a classification of the mentioned spaces by using chains of na-maps. The na-map methods
are used for constructions of na-projective solutions of the Yang-Mills and Einstein equations. The
twistor-gauge interpretation is formulated on flat na-backgrounds.”
{Reviewer’s remark: The paper is badly written, its constructions are not motivated, and its main
results (such as, e.g., Theorems 4 and 5, which claim the existence of isomorphisms between
solution spaces of self-dual and non-self-dual Einstein equations in 4 dimensions and certain
CR-cohomology groups on the real quadric of null twistors in P3 ) are evidently wrong.}
Reviewed by Sergey Merkulov

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Nearly autoparallel mappings in gravitational theories with torsion and nonmetricity.
(English, Russian, Moldavian summaries)
The main purpose of this rather mathematical paper is the extension of the theory of geodesic
mappings [see N. S. Sinyukov, Geodesic mappings of Riemannian spaces (Russian), “Nauka”,
Moscow, 1979; MR0552022 (81g:53014)] of affine connected spaces (i.e., those with metric and
nonsymmetric connection) to affine metric spaces (with metric, nonsymmetric connection and
nonmetricity tensor). Unlike Sinyukov, the authors call such mappings nearly geodesic, seem-
ingly because Sinyukov used the geodesic equation in an arbitrary parametrization: duµ /dη +
Γµαβ uα uβ = ρ(η)uµ where uµ = dxµ /dη, Γµαβ is the affine connection, and ρ(η) is a scalar func-
µ α β
tion of the parameter η. The authors define an autoparallel curve as follows: duµ /dη + γαβ u u =
µ µ µ µ
ρ(η)u where γαβ is the symmetric part of the affine connection, γαβ = Γ(αβ) . The definition of
a nearly autoparallel curve extends the one above and involves a coplanar two-dimensional vec-
Header
tor space along the curve. A mapping is called nearly autoparallel if an autoparallel Pageof
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affine metric space maps onto a nearly autoparallel curve of another affine metric space. The clas-
sification of affine metric spaces based on chains of nearly autoparallel mappings is presented. In
such spaces admitting nearly autoparallel maps, the authors consider a gravitational model which
is described by some generalized Einstein equations.
Reviewed by A. D. Popova

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MR1219085 (94c:83074) 83C60 (83C45)

Văcaru, S. (MO-AOS-AP)
Minisuperspace twistor quantum cosmology. (English summary)
Studia Univ. Babeş-Bolyai Phys. 35 (1990), no. 2, 36–42.
The author considers a minisuperspace model consisting of a homogeneous massive scalar field
minimally coupled to a Friedmann-Robertson-Walker space-time metric for which the Wheeler-
DeWitt (WD) equation is proportional to the Klein-Gordon (KG) equation for an associated
conformally flat metric. Solutions for the relevant WD equation may therefore be obtained from
solutions of the relevant KG equation, and the author generates the latter by twistor techniques from
holomorphic functions of twistor and dual twistor variables. Such functions are not free, however,
but must satisfy the “twistorial Klein-Gordon equation” [cf., e.g., R. Penrose, in Quantum gravity
(Chilton, 1974), 268–407, Clarendon Press, Oxford, 1975; see MR0459344 (56 #17537)]. The
author employs twistor-diagram methods to generate suitable solutions.
The author proposes to regard such twistor functions as a twistor representation of wave functions
of his model universe [J. B. Hartle and S. W. Hawking, Phys. Rev. D (3) 28 (1983), no. 12, 2960–
2975; MR0726732 (85i:83022)] and the usual twistor quantization rules as providing a “twistor
quantum cosmology”.
Reviewed by Peter R. Law


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