Critical points via -convergence: general theory and applications
Critique of "Two-dimensional examples of rank-one convex functions that are not quasiconvex" by M. K. Benaouda and J. J. Telega
It is noted that the examples provided in the paper "Two-dimensional examples of rank-one convex functions that are not quasiconvex" by M. K. Benaouda and J. J. Telega, Ann. Polon. Math. 73 (2000), 291-295, contain unrecoverable errors.
Cross ratios, Anosov representations and the energy functional on Teichmüller space
We study two classes of linear representations of a surface group: Hitchin and maximal symplectic representations. We relate them to cross ratios and thus deduce that they are displacing which means that their translation lengths are roughly controlled by the translations lengths on the Cayley graph. As a consequence, we show that the mapping class group acts properly on the space of representations and that the energy functional associated to such a representation is proper. This implies the existence...
Curvature estimates and compactness theorems in 3-manifolds for surfaces that are stationary for parametric elliptic functionals.
Curvature estimates for minimal hypersurfaces in singular spaces.
Curvature estimates for minimal surfaces in -manifolds
Curvature functionals for curves in the equi-affine plane
After having given the general variational formula for the functionals indicated in the title, the critical points of the integral of the equi-affine curvature under area constraint and the critical points of the full-affine arc-length are studied in greater detail. Notice. An extended version of this article is available on arXiv:0912.4075.
Curvature of optimal control: Deformation of scalar-input planar systems
Curvatures of single-input control systems
Curve cuspless reconstruction via sub-riemannian geometry
We consider the problem of minimizing ∫ 0 ℓ ξ 2 + K 2 ( s ) d s for a planar curve having fixed initial and final positions and directions. The total lengthℓ is free. Here s is the arclength parameter, K(s) is the curvature of the curve and ξ > 0 is a fixed constant. This problem comes from a model of geometry of vision due to Petitot, Citti and Sarti. We study existence of local and global minimizers for this problem. We prove that if for a certain choice of boundary conditions there...
Curves of maximal slope and parabolic variational inequalities on non-convex constraints
Cut locus and optimal synthesis in the sub-Riemannian problem on the group of motions of a plane*
The left-invariant sub-Riemannian problem on the group of motions (rototranslations) of a plane SE(2) is considered. In the previous works [Moiseev and Sachkov, ESAIM: COCV, DOI: 10.1051/cocv/2009004; Sachkov, ESAIM: COCV, DOI: 10.1051/cocv/2009031], extremal trajectories were defined, their local and global optimality were studied. In this paper the global structure of the exponential mapping is described. On this basis an explicit characterization of the cut locus and Maxwell set is obtained....
Cut locus and optimal synthesis in the sub-Riemannian problem on the group of motions of a plane*
The left-invariant sub-Riemannian problem on the group of motions (rototranslations) of a plane SE(2) is considered. In the previous works [Moiseev and Sachkov, ESAIM: COCV, DOI: 10.1051/cocv/2009004; Sachkov, ESAIM: COCV, DOI: 10.1051/cocv/2009031], extremal trajectories were defined, their local and global optimality were studied. In this paper the global structure of the exponential mapping is described. On this basis an explicit characterization of the cut locus and Maxwell set is obtained....