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

DOI10.3934/jgm.2011.3.225zbMath1231.53031arXiv0910.0945OpenAlexW2963535361MaRDI QIDQ646791

Erlend Grong, Alexander Vasil'ev

Publication date: 17 November 2011

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

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

zbMATH Keywords

optimal controlgeodesicsuniversal coversub-Riemannian manifoldsCarnot-Carathéodory metricsub-Lorentzian manifolds

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

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

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