Semi-Riemannian geometry with nonholonomic constraints

DOI10.11650/TWJM/1500406366zbMATH Open1242.53089arXiv0901.1477OpenAlexW2107810862WikidataQ115242962 ScholiaQ115242962MaRDI QIDQ647259FDOQ647259

Authors: Anna Korolko, Irina Markina 

Publication date: 1 December 2011

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

Abstract: In the present article the geometry of semi-Riemannian manifolds with nonholonomic constraints is studied. These manifolds can be considered as analogues to the sub-Riemannian manifolds, where the positively definite metric is substituted by a nondegenerate metric. To study properties of the exponential map the Christoffel symbols and other differential operators were introduced. We study solutions of the Hamiltonian system and their projections into the underlying manifold. The explicit formulae were found for a specific example of a semi-Riemannian manifold with nonholonomic constraints.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/0901.1477

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zbMATH Keywords

quaternionssemi-Riemannian manifoldsexponential mapnondegenerate 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)

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