On a constrained variational problem and the space of horizontal paths

DOI10.2140/PJM.1991.149.61MaRDI QIDQ582659zbMATH OpenOpenAlexFDO

Authors Zhong Ge

Publication date 1991

Published in Pacific Journal of Mathematics (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL https://doi.org/10.2140/pjm.1991.149.61

zbMATH Keywords

blowing-upconnected componentsisoholonomy variational problemPalais-Smale condition

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Variational problems in applications to the theory of geodesics (problems in one independent variable) (58E10) Variational principles in infinite-dimensional spaces (58E30)

Review text

We study the geometry in an isoholonomy variational problem on a fat bundle. We prove that the energy functional satisfies the Palais-Smale condition on the space of horizontal paths and blow up the singularity of the horizontal loop space. Then we study the closed geodesics. We relate the number of connected components of the space of loops with trivial holonomy to the topology of the fat bundle.

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