SubRiemannian Geometry on the Sphere 𝕊3

DOI10.4153/CJM-2009-039-2zbMath1225.53032arXiv0809.4571OpenAlexW2964084404MaRDI QIDQ5322974

Ovidiu Calin, Irina Markina, Der-Chen E. Chang

Publication date: 23 July 2009

Published in: Canadian Journal of Mathematics (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/0809.4571

zbMATH Keywords

quaternion grouphorizontal distributionholonomic constraintsub-Riemannian geodesicconnectivity theoremnoncommutative Lie group

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Geodesics in global differential geometry (53C22) Sub-Riemannian geometry (53C17) Subelliptic equations (35H20)

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