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Reduction by group symmetry of second order variational problems on a semidirect product of Lie groups with positive definite riemannian metric

Claudio Altafini (2004)

ESAIM: Control, Optimisation and Calculus of Variations

For a riemannian structure on a semidirect product of Lie groups, the variational problems can be reduced using the group symmetry. Choosing the Levi-Civita connection of a positive definite metric tensor, instead of any of the canonical connections for the Lie group, simplifies the reduction of the variations but complicates the expression for the Lie algebra valued covariant derivatives. The origin of the discrepancy is in the semidirect product structure, which implies that the riemannian exponential...

Reduction by group symmetry of second order variational problems on a semidirect product of Lie groups with positive definite Riemannian metric

Claudio Altafini (2010)

ESAIM: Control, Optimisation and Calculus of Variations

For a Riemannian structure on a semidirect product of Lie groups, the variational problems can be reduced using the group symmetry. Choosing the Levi-Civita connection of a positive definite metric tensor, instead of any of the canonical connections for the Lie group, simplifies the reduction of the variations but complicates the expression for the Lie algebra valued covariant derivatives. The origin of the discrepancy is in the semidirect product structure, which implies that the Riemannian exponential...

Solving non-holonomic Lagrangian dynamics in terms of almost product structures.

Manuel de León, David Martín de Diego (1996)

Extracta Mathematicae

Given a Lagrangian system with non-holonomic constraints we construct an almost product structure on the tangent bundle of the configuration manifold such that the projection of the Euler-Lagrange vector field gives the dynamics of the system. In a degenerate case, we develop a constraint algorithm which determines a final constraint submanifold where a completely consistent dynamics of the initial system exists.

Some results in Lagrangian mechanics

Emanuele Fiorani (2005)

Bollettino dell'Unione Matematica Italiana

We associate to a dynamic equation ξ three different connections and then we consider the meaning of the vanishing of their curvatures. Some peculiarities of the case of autonomous dynamic equation polynomial in the velocities q ˙ are pointed out. Finally, using the so-called Helmholtz conditions, we investigate a particular example.

Sprays and homogeneous connections on 𝐑 × 𝑇𝑀

Alexandr Vondra (1992)

Archivum Mathematicum

The homogeneity properties of two different families of geometric objects playing a crutial role in the non-autonomous first-order dynamics - semisprays and dynamical connections on R × T M - are studied. A natural correspondence between sprays and a special class of homogeneous connections is presented.

Structural discontinuities to approximate some optimization problems with a nonmonotone impulsive character

Aldo Bressan, Monica Motta (1995)

Atti della Accademia Nazionale dei Lincei. Classe di Scienze Fisiche, Matematiche e Naturali. Rendiconti Lincei. Matematica e Applicazioni

In some preceding works we consider a class O P of Boltz optimization problems for Lagrangian mechanical systems, where it is relevant a line l = l γ ( ) , regarded as determined by its (variable) curvature function γ ( ) of domain s 0 , s 1 . Assume that the problem P ~ O P is regular but has an impulsive monotone character in the sense that near each of some points δ 1 to δ ν γ ( ) is monotone and | γ ( ) | is very large. In [10] we propose a procedure belonging to the theory of impulsive controls, in order to simplify P ~ into a structurally...

Symmetries of a dynamical system represented by singular Lagrangians

Monika Havelková (2012)

Communications in Mathematics

Dynamical properties of singular Lagrangian systems differ from those of classical Lagrangians of the form L = T - V . Even less is known about symmetries and conservation laws of such Lagrangians and of their corresponding actions. In this article we study symmetries and conservation laws of a concrete singular Lagrangian system interesting in physics. We solve the problem of determining all point symmetries of the Lagrangian and of its Euler-Lagrange form, i.e. of the action. It is known that every point...

The equivalence of controlled lagrangian and controlled hamiltonian systems

Dong Eui Chang, Anthony M. Bloch, Naomi E. Leonard, Jerrold E. Marsden, Craig A. Woolsey (2002)

ESAIM: Control, Optimisation and Calculus of Variations

The purpose of this paper is to show that the method of controlled lagrangians and its hamiltonian counterpart (based on the notion of passivity) are equivalent under rather general hypotheses. We study the particular case of simple mechanical control systems (where the underlying lagrangian is kinetic minus potential energy) subject to controls and external forces in some detail. The equivalence makes use of almost Poisson structures (Poisson brackets that may fail to satisfy the Jacobi identity)...

The Equivalence of Controlled Lagrangian and Controlled Hamiltonian Systems

Dong Eui Chang, Anthony M. Bloch, Naomi E. Leonard, Jerrold E. Marsden, Craig A. Woolsey (2010)

ESAIM: Control, Optimisation and Calculus of Variations

The purpose of this paper is to show that the method of controlled Lagrangians and its Hamiltonian counterpart (based on the notion of passivity) are equivalent under rather general hypotheses. We study the particular case of simple mechanical control systems (where the underlying Lagrangian is kinetic minus potential energy) subject to controls and external forces in some detail. The equivalence makes use of almost Poisson structures (Poisson brackets that may fail to satisfy the Jacobi identity)...

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