Nonholonomic Lorentzian geometry on some \(\mathbb H\)-type groups

DOI10.1007/s12220-009-9088-5zbMath1178.53070arXiv0809.4450MaRDI QIDQ1035198

Anna Korolko, Irina Markina

Publication date: 2 November 2009

Published in: The Journal of Geometric Analysis (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/0809.4450

zbMATH Keywords

Heisenberg group; geodesic; control theory; Hamiltonian system; reachable set; sub-Riemannian and sub-Lorentzian geometry

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

83A05: Special relativity

53C50: Global differential geometry of Lorentz manifolds, manifolds with indefinite metrics

53C17: Sub-Riemannian geometry

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