Privileged coordinates and nilpotent approximation of Carnot manifolds. I: General results

DOI10.1007/S10883-018-9404-0zbMATH Open1410.53033arXiv1709.09045OpenAlexW3105873102WikidataQ129693677 ScholiaQ129693677MaRDI QIDQ667797FDOQ667797

Authors: Woocheol Choi, Raphaël Ponge 

Publication date: 1 March 2019

Published in: Journal of Dynamical and Control Systems (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: In this paper we attempt to give a systematic account on privileged coordinates and the nilpotent approximation of Carnot manifolds. By a Carnot manifold it is meant a manifold with a distinguished filtration of subbundles of the tangent bundle which is compatible with the Lie bracket of vector fields. This paper lies down the background for its sequel by clarifying a few points on privileged coordinates and the nilpotent approximation of Carnot manifolds. In particular, we give a description of all the systems of privileged coordinates at a given point. We also give an algebraic characterization of all nilpotent groups that appear as the nilpotent approximation at a given point. In fact, given a nilpotent group $G$ satisfying this algebraic characterization, we exhibit all the changes of variables that transform a given system of privileged coordinates into another system of privileged coordinates in which the nilpotent approximation is given by $G$.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/1709.09045

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zbMATH Keywords

Carnot manifoldsnilpotent approximationprivileged coordinates

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Nilpotent and solvable Lie groups (22E25) Harmonic analysis on homogeneous spaces (43A85) Sub-Riemannian geometry (53C17)

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