On Harmonic and Asymptotically Harmonic Finsler Manifolds

Abstract: In the present paper, we introduce and investigate various types of harmonic Finsler manifolds and find out the interrelation between them. We give some characterizations of such spaces in terms of the mean curvature of geodesic spheres and the Laplacian of the distance function induced by the Finsler structure. We investigate some properties of the Finsler mean curvature of geodesic spheres of different radii. In addition, we prove that certain harmonic Finsler manifolds are of Einstein type and provide a technique to construct harmonic Finsler manifolds of Randers type. Moreover, we give some examples of non-Riemmanian Finsler harmonic manifolds of constant flag curvature and constant $S$-curvature.