An approach to the relativistic brachistochrone problem by sub-Riemannian geometry

DOI10.1063/1.532217zbMath0897.53051OpenAlexW2027035263WikidataQ115328964 ScholiaQ115328964MaRDI QIDQ4384784

Fabio Giannoni, Paolo Piccione, Jose Antonio Verderesi

Publication date: 28 September 1998

Published in: Journal of Mathematical Physics (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1063/1.532217

zbMATH Keywords

sub-Riemannian geometrybrachistochrone problem

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

General relativity (83C99) Global differential geometry of Lorentz manifolds, manifolds with indefinite metrics (53C50) Variational principles of physics (49S05)

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