scientific article; zbMATH DE number 1069609

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Authors P. S. Krishnaprasad

Publication date 1 October 1997

zbMATH Keywords

biological systemscomplex technological systemsdegrees of freedomfiber bundlesgeometric phasesLie groupsphase lockingtime scales

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Differential geometric methods (tensors, connections, symplectic, Poisson, contact, Riemannian, nonholonomic, etc.) for problems in mechanics (70G45) Control of mechanical systems (70Q05) Biomechanics (92C10) Automated systems (robots, etc.) in control theory (93C85)

Review text

We examine some unifying themes relating movement in biological systems and machines. An important insight in this direction comes from the natural grouping of degrees of freedom and time scales in biological and engineering systems. Such grouping and separation can be treated from a geometric viewpoint using the formalisms and methods of differential geometry, Lie groups, and fiber bundles. Coupled oscillators provide the means to bind degrees of freedom either directly through phase locking or indirectly through geometric phases. This point of view leads to fresh ways of organizing the control structures of complex technological systems. For the entire collection see [Zbl 0868.00063].

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