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Generalized geodesic deviations: a Lagrangean approach

R. Kerner (2003)

Banach Center Publications

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The geodesic deviation equations, called also the Jacobi equations, describe only the first-order effects, linear in the small parameter characterizing the deviation from an original worldline. They can be easily generalized if we take into account the higher-order terms. Here we derive these higher-order equations not only directly, but also from the Taylor expansion of the variational principle itself. Then we show how these equations can be used in a novel approach to the two-body...

On Jacobi fields and a canonical connection in sub-Riemannian geometry

Davide Barilari, Luca Rizzi (2017)

Archivum Mathematicum

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In sub-Riemannian geometry the coefficients of the Jacobi equation define curvature-like invariants. We show that these coefficients can be interpreted as the curvature of a canonical Ehresmann connection associated to the metric, first introduced in [15]. We show why this connection is naturally nonlinear, and we discuss some of its properties.

Beyond the edge of certainty : reflections on the rise of physical conventionalism

Helmut Pulte (2000)

Philosophia Scientiae

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Until today, conventionalism is mainly regarded from the point of view of geometry, both in historical as in philosophical perspective. This paper, which corresponds in a certain way with earlier studies of J. Giedymin, aims at a broader interpretation. The importance of the so-called ‘physics of principles’, rooted in the tradition of analytical mechanics, for Poincaré’s conventionalism is emphasized. It is argued that important elements of physical conventionalism can already be found...

Concentration in the Nonlocal Fisher Equation: the Hamilton-Jacobi Limit

Benoît Perthame, Stephane Génieys (2010)

Mathematical Modelling of Natural Phenomena

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The nonlocal Fisher equation has been proposed as a simple model exhibiting Turing instability and the interpretation refers to adaptive evolution. By analogy with other formalisms used in adaptive dynamics, it is expected that concentration phenomena (like convergence to a sum of Dirac masses) will happen in the limit of small mutations. In the present work we study this asymptotics by using a change of variables that leads to a constrained Hamilton-Jacobi equation. We prove the convergence...