Space kinematics and projective differential geometry over the ring of dual numbers

DOI10.1007/978-3-030-63403-2_2zbMATH Open1466.53011arXiv2006.14259OpenAlexW3172536509MaRDI QIDQ2019745FDOQ2019745

Johannes Siegele, Martin Pfurner, Hans-Peter Schröcker

Publication date: 22 April 2021

Abstract: We study an isomorphism between the group of rigid body displacements and the group of dual quaternions modulo the dual number multiplicative group from the viewpoint of differential geometry in a projective space over the dual numbers. Some seemingly weird phenomena in this space have lucid kinematic interpretations. An example is the existence of non-straight curves with a continuum of osculating tangents which correspond to motions in a cylinder group with osculating vertical Darboux motions. We also suggest geometrically meaningful ways to select osculating conics of a curve in this projective space and illustrate their corresponding motions. Furthermore, we investigate factorizability of these special motions and use the obtained results for the construction of overconstrained linkages.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/2006.14259

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zbMATH Keywords

projective differential geometryspace kinematicsgroup of dual quaternionsgroup of rigid body displacements

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Differential geometric aspects in kinematics (53A17) Projective differential geometry (53A20)

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