A survey of singular curves in sub-Riemannian geometry

DOI10.1007/BF02254656zbMath0941.53021WikidataQ115392655 ScholiaQ115392655MaRDI QIDQ1972684

Richard Montgomery

Publication date: 13 April 2000

Published in: Journal of Dynamical and Control Systems (Search for Journal in Brave)

zbMATH Keywords

singular curvesub-Riemannian manifoldlength minimizing geodesic

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Geodesics in global differential geometry (53C22) Variational problems in applications to the theory of geodesics (problems in one independent variable) (58E10) Sub-Riemannian geometry (53C17) Optimality conditions for solutions belonging to restricted classes (Lipschitz controls, bang-bang controls, etc.) (49K30)

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