Asymptotic behaviour of self-contracted planar curves and gradient orbits of convex functions

DOI10.1016/j.matpur.2010.03.007zbMath1201.37023arXiv0809.0150OpenAlexW3103556354MaRDI QIDQ987849

Olivier Ley, Stéphane Sabourau, Aris Daniilidis

Publication date: 16 August 2010

Published in: Journal de Mathématiques Pures et Appliquées. Neuvième Série (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/0809.0150

zbMATH Keywords

planar dynamical systemsLojasiewicz inequalitygradient trajectoriesconvex and quasiconvex functions

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Stability of solutions to ordinary differential equations (34D20) Dynamics induced by flows and semiflows (37C10) Dynamical systems in other branches of physics (quantum mechanics, general relativity, laser physics) (37N20) Convex sets in (2) dimensions (including convex curves) (52A10) Gradient-like behavior; isolated (locally maximal) invariant sets; attractors, repellers for topological dynamical systems (37B35)

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