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Sub-Riemannian Geometry

cours CIMPA

Samuël Borza

Summary:  Theory of distributions, sub-Riemannian structures, and admissible trajectory, controllability and Chow-Rachevsky theorem, Cauchy-Carathéodory theorem and the endpoint map, necessary conditions for minimality (Pontryagin’s Maximum Principle, normal and abnormal extremals), the Heisenberg group, the Grushin plane, the Martinet flat structure, contact structures, and Carnot groups, metric tangent for sub-Riemannian structures.
 

Organizing institute
CIMPA
Institute
International Centre for Mathematics in Ukraine
Country
Ukraine
City
Kiev
Level of the audience/possible candidates
Master or higher educational level
Type
cours CIMPA
Free cost event
Yes
Dates
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Deadline

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