An existence theory for relativistic brachistochrones in stationary space–times

DOI10.1063/1.532619zbMATH Open0934.58016OpenAlexW2013686848MaRDI QIDQ4701547FDOQ4701547

Paolo Piccione, Fabio Giannoni

Publication date: 10 April 2000

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

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1063/1.532619

zbMATH Keywords

existencestationary space-timesrelativistic brachistochrones

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Variational problems in applications to the theory of geodesics (problems in one independent variable) (58E10) Applications of variational problems in infinite-dimensional spaces to the sciences (58E50)

Cites Work

• An approach to the relativistic brachistochrone problem by sub-Riemannian geometry
• The imbedding problem for Riemannian manifolds
• Category of loop spaces of open subsets in euclidean space
• Homologie singulière des espaces fibrés. Applications
• The brachistochrone problem in a stationary space-time
• The brachistochrone in almost flat space

Cited In (7)

• The arrival time brachistochrones in general relativity.
• Relativistic brachistochrones under electric or gravitational uniform fields
• Global variational methods on smooth nonholonomic constraints
• Variational aspects of the geodesics problem in sub-Riemannian geometry
• Title not available (Why is that?)
• The brachistochrone problem in a stationary space-time
• The brachistochrone problem with frictional forces

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