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A note on time-optimal paths on perturbed spheroid

Differential Geometry 2019-03-25 v1 Optimization and Control

Abstract

We consider the Zermelo navigation problem on the ellipsoid of revolution (spheroid) in the presence of a perturbation WW determined by a mild velocity vector field, W<1|W|<1, with application of Finsler metric of Randers type in the context of the corresponding optimal control represented by a time-efficient ship's heading φ(t)\varphi(t) (steering direction). As the example we present the solutions to the problem on an oblate ellipsoid with acting infinitesimal rotation.

Cite

@article{arxiv.1602.00167,
  title  = {A note on time-optimal paths on perturbed spheroid},
  author = {Piotr Kopacz},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1602.00167},
  year   = {2019}
}

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16 pages, 20 figures

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