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020 _a9781139195966 (ebook)
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050 0 0 _aQA649
_b.C27 2009
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100 1 _aCalin, Ovidiu,
_eauthor.
245 1 0 _aSub-Riemannian geometry :
_bgeneral theory and examples /
_cOvidiu Calin, Der-chen Chang.
264 1 _aCambridge :
_bCambridge University Press,
_c2009.
300 _a1 online resource (xiii, 370 pages) :
_bdigital, PDF file(s).
336 _atext
_btxt
_2rdacontent
337 _acomputer
_bc
_2rdamedia
338 _aonline resource
_bcr
_2rdacarrier
490 1 _aEncyclopedia of mathematics and its applications ;
_vvolume 126
500 _aTitle from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015).
505 0 _aIntroductory chapter -- Basic properties -- Horizontal connectivity -- Hamilton-Jacobi theory -- The Hamiltonian formalism -- Lagrangian formalism -- Connections on Sub-Riemannian manifolds -- Gauss' theory of Sub-Riemannian manifolds -- Heisenberg manifolds -- Examples of Heisenberg manifolds -- Grushin manifolds -- Hörmander manifolds -- Appendices. Local nonsolvability ; Fiber bundles.
520 _aSub-Riemannian manifolds are manifolds with the Heisenberg principle built in. This comprehensive text and reference begins by introducing the theory of sub-Riemannian manifolds using a variational approach in which all properties are obtained from minimum principles, a robust method that is novel in this context. The authors then present examples and applications, showing how Heisenberg manifolds (step 2 sub-Riemannian manifolds) might in the future play a role in quantum mechanics similar to the role played by the Riemannian manifolds in classical mechanics. Sub-Riemannian Geometry: General Theory and Examples is the perfect resource for graduate students and researchers in pure and applied mathematics, theoretical physics, control theory, and thermodynamics interested in the most recent developments in sub-Riemannian geometry.
650 0 _aGeometry, Riemannian.
650 0 _aRiemannian manifolds.
650 0 _aGeodesics (Mathematics)
650 0 _aSubmanifolds.
700 1 _aChang, Der-chen E.,
_eauthor.
776 0 8 _iPrint version:
_z9780521897303
830 0 _aEncyclopedia of mathematics and its applications ;
_vv. 126.
856 4 0 _uhttps://doi.org/10.1017/CBO9781139195966
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