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Shortest Paths for Sub-Riemannian Metrics on Rank-Two Distributions

Author : Wensheng Liu,Hector J. Sussmann
Publisher : American Mathematical Soc.
Page : 121 pages
File Size : 52,5 Mb
Release : 1995
Category : Extremal problems (Mathematics)
ISBN : 9780821804049

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Shortest Paths for Sub-Riemannian Metrics on Rank-Two Distributions by Wensheng Liu,Hector J. Sussmann Pdf

A sub-Riemannian manifold ([italic capitals]M, E, G) consists of a finite-dimensional manifold [italic capital]M, a rank-two bracket generating distribution [italic capital]E on [italic capital]M, and a Riemannian metric [italic capital]G on [italic capital]E. All length-minimizing arcs on ([italic capitals]M, E, G) are either normal extremals or abnormal extremals. Normal extremals are locally optimal, i.e., every sufficiently short piece of such an extremal is a minimizer. The question whether every length-minimizer is a normal extremal was recently settled by R. G. Montgomery, who exhibited a counterexample. The present work proves that regular abnormal extremals are locally optimal, and, in the case that [italic capital]E satisfies a mild additional restriction, the abnormal minimizers are ubiquitous rather than exceptional. All the topics of this research report (historical notes, examples, abnormal extremals, Hamiltonians, nonholonomic distributions, sub-Riemannian distance, the relations between minimality and extremality, regular abnormal extremals, local optimality of regular abnormal extremals, etc.) are presented in a very clear and effective way.

Sub-Riemannian Geometry

Author : Andre Bellaiche,Jean-Jaques Risler
Publisher : Birkhäuser
Page : 404 pages
File Size : 47,6 Mb
Release : 2012-12-06
Category : Mathematics
ISBN : 9783034892100

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Sub-Riemannian Geometry by Andre Bellaiche,Jean-Jaques Risler Pdf

Sub-Riemannian geometry (also known as Carnot geometry in France, and non-holonomic Riemannian geometry in Russia) has been a full research domain for fifteen years, with motivations and ramifications in several parts of pure and applied mathematics, namely: control theory classical mechanics Riemannian geometry (of which sub-Riemannian geometry constitutes a natural generalization, and where sub-Riemannian metrics may appear as limit cases) diffusion on manifolds analysis of hypoelliptic operators Cauchy-Riemann (or CR) geometry. Although links between these domains had been foreseen by many authors in the past, it is only in recent years that sub- Riemannian geometry has been recognized as a possible common framework for all these topics. This book provides an introduction to sub-Riemannian geometry and presents the state of the art and open problems in the field. It consists of five coherent and original articles by the leading specialists: Andr Bellache: The tangent space in sub-Riemannian geometry Mikhael Gromov: Carnot-Carathodory spaces seen from within Richard Montgomery: Survey of singular geodesics Hctor J. Sussmann: A cornucopia of four-dimensional abnormal sub-Riemannian minimizers Jean-Michel Coron: Stabilization of controllable systems.

Sub-Riemannian Geometry

Author : Ovidiu Calin,Der-Chen Chang
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 371 pages
File Size : 42,9 Mb
Release : 2009-04-20
Category : Mathematics
ISBN : 9780521897303

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Sub-Riemannian Geometry by Ovidiu Calin,Der-Chen Chang Pdf

A comprehensive text and reference on sub-Riemannian and Heisenberg manifolds using a novel and robust variational approach.

Geometric Control Theory and Sub-Riemannian Geometry

Author : Gianna Stefani,Ugo Boscain,Jean-Paul Gauthier,Andrey Sarychev,Mario Sigalotti
Publisher : Springer
Page : 385 pages
File Size : 44,7 Mb
Release : 2014-06-05
Category : Mathematics
ISBN : 9783319021324

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Geometric Control Theory and Sub-Riemannian Geometry by Gianna Stefani,Ugo Boscain,Jean-Paul Gauthier,Andrey Sarychev,Mario Sigalotti Pdf

Honoring Andrei Agrachev's 60th birthday, this volume presents recent advances in the interaction between Geometric Control Theory and sub-Riemannian geometry. On the one hand, Geometric Control Theory used the differential geometric and Lie algebraic language for studying controllability, motion planning, stabilizability and optimality for control systems. The geometric approach turned out to be fruitful in applications to robotics, vision modeling, mathematical physics etc. On the other hand, Riemannian geometry and its generalizations, such as sub-Riemannian, Finslerian geometry etc., have been actively adopting methods developed in the scope of geometric control. Application of these methods has led to important results regarding geometry of sub-Riemannian spaces, regularity of sub-Riemannian distances, properties of the group of diffeomorphisms of sub-Riemannian manifolds, local geometry and equivalence of distributions and sub-Riemannian structures, regularity of the Hausdorff volume, etc.

Dynamics, Bifurcations and Control

Author : Fritz Colonius,Lars Grüne
Publisher : Springer
Page : 304 pages
File Size : 41,7 Mb
Release : 2003-07-01
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : 9783540456063

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Dynamics, Bifurcations and Control by Fritz Colonius,Lars Grüne Pdf

This volume originates from the Third Nonlinear Control Workshop "- namics, Bifurcations and Control", held in Kloster Irsee, April 1-3 2001. As the preceding workshops held in Paris (2000) and in Ghent (1999), it was organized within the framework of Nonlinear Control Network funded by the European Union (http://www.supelec.fr/lss/NCN). The papers in this volume center around those control problems where phenomena and methods from dynamical systems theory play a dominant role. Despite the large variety of techniques and methods present in the c- tributions, a rough subdivision can be given into three areas: Bifurcation problems, stabilization and robustness, and global dynamics of control s- tems. A large part of the fascination in nonlinear control stems from the fact that is deeply rooted in engineering and mathematics alike. The contributions to this volume reflect this double nature of nonlinear control. We would like to take this opportunity to thank all the contributors and the referees for their careful work. Furthermore, it is our pleasure to thank Franchise Lamnabhi-Lagarrigue, the coordinator of our network, for her s- port in organizing the workshop and the proceedings and for the tremendous efforts she puts into this network bringing the cooperation between the d- ferent groups to a new level. In particular, the exchange and the active p- ticipation of young scientists, also reflected in the Pedagogical Schools within the Network, is an asset for the field of nonlinear control.

Contemporary Trends in Nonlinear Geometric Control Theory and Its Applications

Author : A. Anzaldo-Meneses
Publisher : World Scientific
Page : 495 pages
File Size : 55,7 Mb
Release : 2002
Category : Mathematics
ISBN : 9789810248413

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Contemporary Trends in Nonlinear Geometric Control Theory and Its Applications by A. Anzaldo-Meneses Pdf

Concerns contemporary trends in nonlinear geometric control theory and its applications.

Two Classes of Riemannian Manifolds Whose Geodesic Flows Are Integrable

Author : Kazuyoshi Kiyohara
Publisher : American Mathematical Soc.
Page : 143 pages
File Size : 45,8 Mb
Release : 1997
Category : Mathematics
ISBN : 9780821806401

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Two Classes of Riemannian Manifolds Whose Geodesic Flows Are Integrable by Kazuyoshi Kiyohara Pdf

In this work, two classes of manifolds whose geodesic flows are integrable are defined, and their global structures are investigated. They are called Liouville manifolds and Kahler-Liouville manifolds respectively. In each case, the author finds several invariants with which they are partly classified. The classification indicates, in particular, that these classes contain many new examples of manifolds with integrable geodesic flow.

An Arithmetic Riemann-Roch Theorem for Singular Arithmetic Surfaces

Author : Wayne Aitken
Publisher : American Mathematical Soc.
Page : 174 pages
File Size : 41,9 Mb
Release : 1996
Category : Mathematics
ISBN : 9780821804070

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An Arithmetic Riemann-Roch Theorem for Singular Arithmetic Surfaces by Wayne Aitken Pdf

The first half of this work gives a treatment of Deligne's functorial intersection theory tailored to the needs of this paper. This treatment is intended to satisfy three requirements: 1) that it be general enough to handle families of singular curves, 2) that it be reasonably self-contained, and 3) that the constructions given be readily adaptable to the process of adding norms and metrics such as is done in the second half of the paper. The second half of the work is devoted to developing a class of intersection functions for singular curves that behaves analogously to the canonical Green's functions introduced by Arakelov for smooth curves. These functions are called intersection functions since they give a measure of intersection over the infinite places of a number field. The intersection over finite places can be defined in terms of the standard apparatus of algebraic geometry. Finally, the author defines an intersection theory for arithmetic surfaces that includes a large class of singular arithmetic surfaces. This culminates in a proof of the arithmetic Riemann-Roch theorem.

Generalized Minkowski Content, Spectrum of Fractal Drums, Fractal Strings and the Riemann Zeta-Functions

Author : Christina Q. He,Michel Laurent Lapidus
Publisher : American Mathematical Soc.
Page : 114 pages
File Size : 53,7 Mb
Release : 1997
Category : Differential equations, Partial
ISBN : 9780821805978

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Generalized Minkowski Content, Spectrum of Fractal Drums, Fractal Strings and the Riemann Zeta-Functions by Christina Q. He,Michel Laurent Lapidus Pdf

This memoir provides a detailed study of the effect of non power-like irregularities of (the geometry of) the fractal boundary on the spectrum of "fractal drums" (and especially of "fractal strings"). In this work, the authors extend previous results in this area by using the notionof generalized Minkowski content which is defined through some suitable "gauge functions" other than power functions. (This content is used to measure the irregularity (or "fractality") of the boundary of an open set in R]n by evaluating the volume of its small tubular neighborhoods). In the situation when the power function is not the natural "gauge function", this enables the authors to obtain more precise estimates, with a broader potential range of applications than in previous papers of the second author and his collaborators. This text will also be of interest to those working in mathematical physics.

Analysis and Mathematical Physics

Author : Björn Gustafsson,Alexander Vasil'ev
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 514 pages
File Size : 55,6 Mb
Release : 2009-10-02
Category : Mathematics
ISBN : 9783764399061

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Analysis and Mathematical Physics by Björn Gustafsson,Alexander Vasil'ev Pdf

Our knowledge of objects of complex and potential analysis has been enhanced recently by ideas and constructions of theoretical and mathematical physics, such as quantum field theory, nonlinear hydrodynamics, material science. These are some of the themes of this refereed collection of papers, which grew out of the first conference of the European Science Foundation Networking Programme 'Harmonic and Complex Analysis and Applications' held in Norway 2007.

Integrable Systems and Riemann Surfaces of Infinite Genus

Author : Martin Ulrich Schmidt
Publisher : American Mathematical Soc.
Page : 111 pages
File Size : 46,9 Mb
Release : 1996
Category : Mathematics
ISBN : 9780821804605

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Integrable Systems and Riemann Surfaces of Infinite Genus by Martin Ulrich Schmidt Pdf

This memoir develops the spectral theory of the Lax operators of nonlinear Schrodinger-like partial differential equations with periodic boundary conditions. Their spectral curves, i.e., the common spectrum with the periodic shifts, are generically Riemann surfaces of infinite genus. The points corresponding to infinite energy are added. The resulting spaces are no longer Riemann surfaces in the usual sense, but they are quite similar to compact Riemann surfaces. In fact, some of the basic tools of the theory of compact Riemann surfaces are generalized to these spectral curves and illuminate the structure of complete integrability: The eigen bundles define holomorphic line bundles on the spectral curves, which completely determine the potentials. These line bundles may be described by divisors of the same degree as the genus, and these divisors give rise to Darboux coordinates. With the help of a Riemann-Roch Theorem, the isospectral sets (the sets of all potentials corresponding to the same spectral curve) may be identified with open dense subsets of the Jacobian varieties. The real parts of the isospectral sets are infinite dimensional tori, and the group action solves the corresponding nonlinear partial differential equations. Deformations of the spectral curves are in one to one correspondence with holomorphic forms. Serre Duality reproduces the symplectic form.

The Finite Irreducible Linear 2-Groups of Degree 4

Author : Dane Laurence Flannery
Publisher : American Mathematical Soc.
Page : 77 pages
File Size : 43,8 Mb
Release : 1997
Category : Mathematics
ISBN : 9780821806258

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The Finite Irreducible Linear 2-Groups of Degree 4 by Dane Laurence Flannery Pdf

This memoir contains a complete classification of the finite irreducible 2-subgroups of $GL(4, {\mathbb C})$. Specifically, the author provides a parametrized list of representatives for the conjugacy classes of such groups, where each representative is defined by a generating set of monomial matrices. The problem is treated by a variety of techniques, including elementary character theory, a method for describing Hasse diagrams of submodule lattices, and calculation of 2-cohomology by means of the Lyndon-Hochschild-Serre spectral sequence. Related questions concerning isomorphism between the listed groups, and Schur indices of their defining characters, are also considered.It's features include: a complete classification of a class of $p$-groups; a first step towards extending presently available databases for use in proposed 'soluble quotient algorithms'; and, groups presented explicitly; may be used to test conjectures or to serve generally as a resource in group-theoretic computations.

Axiomatic Stable Homotopy Theory

Author : Mark Hovey,John Harold Palmieri,Neil P. Strickland
Publisher : American Mathematical Soc.
Page : 114 pages
File Size : 52,6 Mb
Release : 1997
Category : Mathematics
ISBN : 9780821806241

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Axiomatic Stable Homotopy Theory by Mark Hovey,John Harold Palmieri,Neil P. Strickland Pdf

This book gives an axiomatic presentation of stable homotopy theory. It starts with axioms defining a 'stable homotopy category'; using these axioms, one can make various constructions - cellular towers, Bousfield localization, and Brown representability, to name a few. Much of the book is devoted to these constructions and to the study of the global structure of stable homotopy categories. Next, a number of examples of such categories are presented. Some of these arise in topology (the ordinary stable homotopy category of spectra, categories of equivariant spectra, and Bousfield localizations of these), and others in algebra (coming from the representation theory of groups or of Lie algebras, as well as the derived category of a commutative ring). Hence one can apply many of the tools of stable homotopy theory to these algebraic situations.This work: provides a reference for standard results and constructions in stable homotopy theory; discusses applications of those results to algebraic settings, such as group theory and commutative algebra; provides a unified treatment of several different situations in stable homotopy, including equivariant stable homotopy and localizations of the stable homotopy category; and, also provides a context for nilpotence and thick subcategory theorems, such as the nilpotence theorem of Devinatz-Hopkins-Smith and the thick subcategory theorem of Hopkins-Smith in stable homotopy theory, and the thick subcategory theorem of Benson-Carlson-Rickard in representation theory. This book presents stable homotopy theory as a branch of mathematics in its own right with applications in other fields of mathematics. It is a first step toward making stable homotopy theory a tool useful in many disciplines of mathematics.