Geodesics with constraints on Heisenberg manifolds (Q1428270)
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Geodesics with constraints on Heisenberg manifolds (English)
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25 March 2004
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This paper is mainly devoted to give a qualitative description of the solutions to Euler-Lagrange equations with nonholonomic constraints. The geometry of the Heisenberg manifold, which appears in a natural way in some applications concerning magnetic resonance, plays a relevant role. In particular, using the structure of the Heissenberg group, the authors characterize the solutions as geodesics for a certain metric. Furthermore, the analog of the Gauss formula for the Heisenberg group is also given.
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Ricci
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Riemannn
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curvature
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geodesics
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Levi-Civita connection
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Heisenberg group
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nonholonomic dynamical systems
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