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Legendre singularities of sub-Riemannian geodesics

Differential Geometry 2022-12-16 v1

Abstract

Let MM be a surface with a Riemannian metric and UMUM the unit tangent bundle over MM with the canonical contact sub-Riemannian structure DD on UMUM. In this paper, the complete local classification of singularities, under the Legendre fibration UMUM over MM, is given for sub-Riemannian geodesics of (UM,D)(UM, D). Legendre singularities of sub-Riemannian geodesics are classified completely also for another Legendre fibration from UMUM to the space of Riemannian geodesics on MM. The duality on Legendre singularities is observed related to the pendulum motion.

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@article{arxiv.2212.07615,
  title  = {Legendre singularities of sub-Riemannian geodesics},
  author = {Goo Ishikawa and Yumiko Kitagawa},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2212.07615},
  year   = {2022}
}

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