Semi-Riemannian geometry with nonholonomic constraints (Q647259)

Sub-Riemannian manifolds, roughly speaking, are triples consisting of a manifold, a horizontal subbundle and a Riemannian metric on the horizontal subbundle. The authors in the current paper consider to replace the Riemannian with a Lorentzian metric and study the corresponding geometry and analysis, including exponential map, the Christoffel symbols, differential operators, etc. They also study the solutions to the related Hamiltonian system and their projections into the underlying manifolds. The conclusions posed here are interesting.