Normal forms for sub-Lorentzian metrics supported on Engel type distributions (Q2442606)
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Normal forms for sub-Lorentzian metrics supported on Engel type distributions (English)
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4 April 2014
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The author constructs normal forms for Lorentzian metrics on Engel distributions under the assumption that abnormal curves are time-like future directed Hamiltonian geodesics. Then he indicates some cases in which the abnormal time-like future directed curve initiating at the origin is geometrically optimal. He also gives certain estimates for reachable sets from a point.
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sub-Lorentzian manifolds
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geodesics
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reachable sets
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geometric optimality
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Engel distributions
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