Isoholonomic problems and some applications

DOI10.1007/BF02096874zbMath0703.53024WikidataQ125965974 ScholiaQ125965974MaRDI QIDQ916103

Richard Montgomery

Publication date: 1990

Published in: Communications in Mathematical Physics (Search for Journal in Brave)

zbMATH Keywords

sub-Riemannian geometryCarnot-Carathéodory metricsYang-Mills potentialsisoholonomic problemKaluza-Klein geodesics

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Applications of global differential geometry to the sciences (53C80) Global Riemannian geometry, including pinching (53C20) Connections (general theory) (53C05)

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