Twistor space for rolling bodies

DOI10.1007/s00220-013-1839-2zbMath1296.53100arXiv1210.3536OpenAlexW3098477545MaRDI QIDQ2439705

Daniel An, Paweł~ Nurowski

Publication date: 17 March 2014

Published in: Communications in Mathematical Physics (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/1210.3536

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Applications of global differential geometry to the sciences (53C80) Twistor methods in differential geometry (53C28) Motion of a rigid body in contact with a solid surface (70E18) Vector distributions (subbundles of the tangent bundles) (58A30)

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