Invariant higher-order variational problems. II

DOI10.1007/S00332-012-9137-2zbMATH Open1351.58009arXiv1112.6380OpenAlexW2061499442MaRDI QIDQ715488FDOQ715488

Authors: François Gay-Balmaz, D. D. Holm, D. M. Meier, T. S. Ratiu, François-Xavier Vialard 

Publication date: 29 October 2012

Published in: Journal of Nonlinear Science (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: Motivated by applications in computational anatomy, we consider a second-order problem in the calculus of variations on object manifolds that are acted upon by Lie groups of smooth invertible transformations. This problem leads to solution curves known as Riemannian cubics on object manifolds that are endowed with normal metrics. The prime examples of such object manifolds are the symmetric spaces. We characterize the class of cubics on object manifolds that can be lifted horizontally to cubics on the group of transformations. Conversely, we show that certain types of non-horizontal geodesics on the group of transformations project to cubics. Finally, we apply second-order Lagrange--Poincar'e reduction to the problem of Riemannian cubics on the group of transformations. This leads to a reduced form of the equations that reveals the obstruction for the projection of a cubic on a transformation group to again be a cubic on its object manifold.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/1112.6380

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zbMATH Keywords

Hamilton's principlehigher-order theoriesconstrained dynamicsoptimal control problems involving partial differential equationsother variational principles

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Group actions and symmetry properties (58D19) Abstract critical point theory (Morse theory, Lyusternik-Shnirel'man theory, etc.) in infinite-dimensional spaces (58E05) Higher-order theories for problems in Hamiltonian and Lagrangian mechanics (70H50) Hamilton's principle (70H25) Other variational principles in mechanics (70H30) Constrained dynamics, Dirac's theory of constraints (70H45) Existence theories for problems in abstract spaces (49J27)

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