Sub-Riemannian and sub-Lorentzian geometry on SU(1,1) and on its universal cover

DOI10.3934/JGM.2011.3.225zbMATH Open1231.53031arXiv0910.0945OpenAlexW2963535361MaRDI QIDQ646791FDOQ646791

Authors: Erlend Grong, Alexander Vasil'ev 

Publication date: 17 November 2011

Published in: Journal of Geometric Mechanics (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: We study sub-Riemannian and sub-Lorentzian geometry on the Lie group $SU(1,1)$ and on its universal cover $CSU(1,1)$. In the sub-Riemannian case we find the distance function and completely describe sub-Riemannian geodesics on both $SU(1,1)$ and $CSU(1,1)$, connecting two fixed points. In particular, we prove that there is a strong connection between the conjugate loci and the number of geodesics. In the sub-Lorentzian case, we describe the geodesics connecting two points on $CSU(1,1)$, and compare them with Lorentzian ones. It turns out that the reachable sets for Lorentzian and sub-Lorentzian normal geodesics intersect but are not included one to the other. A description of the timelike future is obtained and compared in the Lorentzian and sub-Lorentzain cases.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/0910.0945

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zbMATH Keywords

optimal controlsub-Riemannian manifoldsgeodesicsuniversal coversub-Lorentzian manifoldsCarnot-Carathéodory metric

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Local differential geometry of Lorentz metrics, indefinite metrics (53B30) Sub-Riemannian geometry (53C17) Global differential geometry of Lorentz manifolds, manifolds with indefinite metrics (53C50) Analysis on real and complex Lie groups (22E30)

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