Autore	Ivey, Thomas Andrew
Pubbl/distr/stampa	Providence, R. I. : American Mathematical Society, c2003
Descrizione fisica	xiv, 378 p. : ill. ; 26 cm
Disciplina	516.36
Altri autori (Persone)	Landsberg, J. M.
Collana	Graduate studies in mathematics, 1065-7339 ; 61
Soggetto topico	Geometry, Differential Exterior differential systems
ISBN	0821833758
Classificazione	AMS 53-01 LC QA641.I89
Formato	Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico	Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione	eng
Record Nr.	UNISALENTO-991000496559707536

Pubbl/distr/stampa	River Edge, NJ, : World Scientific, c2002
Descrizione fisica	1 online resource (496 p.)
Disciplina	629.8/312
Altri autori (Persone)	Anzaldo-MenesesA
Soggetto topico	Nonlinear control theory Geometry, Differential Exterior differential systems
Soggetto genere / forma	Electronic books.
ISBN	981-277-807-1
Formato	Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico	Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione	eng
Nota di contenuto	Contents ; Foreword ; Part I Invited Survey Chapters ; Variational Problems on Lie Groups and their Homogeneous Spaces: Elastic Curves Tops and Constrained Geodesic Problems ; 1. Introduction ; 2. Space forms and their frame bundles ; 3. Hamiltonians and the extremal curves Controllability of Lie Systems 1. Introduction ; 2. Control systems on Lie groups ; 3. Groups irrelevant for transitivity ; 4. Exploiting compactness and irrelevancy ; 5. Irrelevant groups and algebras ; 6. Irrelevant groups and algebras: the solvable case 7. Irrelevant groups and algebras: the semisimple case Canonical Contact Systems for Curves: A Survey ; 1. Introduction ; 2. The canonical contact system for curves ; 3. History ; 4. Involutive subdistributions of corank one 5. Contact systems characteristic distributions and involutive subdistributions 6. Flatness of contact systems ; 7. An example ; 8. Singular points and extended Kumpera-Ruiz normal forms ; The Brachistochrone Problem and Modern Control Theory ; 1. Introduction 2. Johann Bernoulli and the brachistochrone problem 3. The standard formulation and Johann Bernoulli's solution ; 4. Spurious solutions and the calculus of variations approach ; 5. The optimal control approach ; 6. The differential-geometric connection 7. Five modern variations on the theme of the brachistochrone
Record Nr.	UNINA-9910451526103321

Autore	Griffiths Phillip A.
Pubbl/distr/stampa	Princeton, NJ : , : Princeton University Press, , [2016]
Descrizione fisica	1 online resource (241 pages) : portrait
Disciplina	515.3/53
Collana	Annals of Mathematics Studies
Soggetto topico	Exterior differential systems Differential equations, Partial Embeddings (Mathematics) Riemannian manifolds
Soggetto non controllato	American Mathematical Society Combination Descriptive geometry Embedding Geometry Integer Mathematics Mechanical engineering Subgroup Theorem Theory
ISBN	1-4008-8210-9
Formato	Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico	Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione	eng
Nota di contenuto	Frontmatter -- Contents -- Preface -- Commonly used notation -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Structure equations of Xn ⊂ EN -- 3. Pfaffian differential systems -- 4. Quasi-linear Pfaffian differential system -- 5. The isometric embedding system -- 6. The characteristic variety -- 7. Isometric embeddings of space forms -- 8. Embedding Cauchy-Riemann structures -- References -- Index
Record Nr.	UNINA-9910154748403321

Autore	Griffith, Phillip A.
Pubbl/distr/stampa	Boston : Birkhauser, 1983
Descrizione fisica	viii, 335 p. : ill. ; 24 cm
Disciplina	515.64
Collana	Progress in mathematics [Birkhauser], ISSN 0743-1643; 25
Soggetto topico	Calculus of variations Exterior differential systems
ISBN	3764331038
Classificazione	AMS 49-XX AMS 58A15 QA316.G84
Formato	Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico	Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione	eng
Record Nr.	UNISALENTO-991000883889707536