A two-component geodesic equation on a space of constant positive curvature

DOI10.1016/J.GEOMPHYS.2011.11.009zbMATH Open1242.53056arXiv1109.2538OpenAlexW2027916624MaRDI QIDQ413703FDOQ413703

Authors: J. Lenells, Zhao Yang 

Publication date: 7 May 2012

Published in: Journal of Geometry and Physics (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: We propose a new two-component geodesic equation with the unusual property that the underlying space has constant positive curvature. In the special case of one space dimension, the equation reduces to the two-component Hunter-Saxton equation.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/1109.2538

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zbMATH Keywords

curvaturegeodesic flownonlinear PDEhomogeneous space

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

KdV equations (Korteweg-de Vries equations) (35Q53) Differential geometry of homogeneous manifolds (53C30) Groups of diffeomorphisms and homeomorphisms as manifolds (58D05)

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