Strong minimality of abnormal geodesics for \(2\)-distributions
type: Item
instance of: scholarly article
title: Strong minimality of abnormal geodesics for \(2\)-distributions
zbMATH Open document ID: 0951.53029
DOI: 10.1007/BF02254637
author: Yanyan Li
published in: Journal of Dynamical and Control Systems
publication date: 2000-04-13T00:00:00Z
review text: Let \((M,g)\) be a Riemannian manifold, and let \(\mathcal D\) be a rank \(k\) distribution in \(TM\), such that iterated Lie brackets of vector fields in \(\mathcal D\) generate \(TM\). Locally Lipschitzian curves whose tangent vector belongs to \(\mathcal D\) almost everywhere are called admissible paths of \((M,\mathcal D)\). In contrast to the Riemannian setting, the space of admissible paths between two points \(p\), \(q\in M\) does not form a Banach manifold but may have singularities, called abnormal geodesics; these abnormal geodesics depend only on \(\mathcal D\), not on the metric \(g\). For example, certain admissible paths between \(p\) and \(q\) can be rigid, i.e., isolated in \(W_{1,\infty}\)-topology. The authors give sufficient conditions for abnormal geodesics to be strongly (\(W_{1,1}\)-locally) minimal when \(\mathcal D\) has rank 2. The most important of these conditions is the strong generalized Legendre condition, also known as generalized Legendre-Clebsch condition or Kelley-condition [\textit{H. J. Kelly, R. E. Kopp} and \textit{G. H. Moyer}, in: G. Leitmann (ed.), ``Topics in optimization'', Mathematics in Science and Engineering. 31 (1967; Zbl 0199.48602)]. The relation between strong minimality and rigidity is also discussed, cf. the paper by the authors in [Ann. Inst. Henri Poincaré, Anal. Non Lineaire 13, 635-690 (1996; Zbl 0866.58023)].
reviewed by: Sebastian Goette
Mathematics Subject Classification ID: 53C22
Mathematics Subject Classification ID: 58E10
Mathematics Subject Classification ID: 49Q20
Mathematics Subject Classification ID: 53C17
zbMATH DE Number: 1431788
zbMATH Keywords: sub-Riemannian geodesic
zbMATH Keywords: abnormal geodesic
zbMATH Keywords: strong generalized Legendre condition
MaRDI profile type: Publication
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