Length spectra of sub-Riemannian metrics on compact Lie groups
Differential Geometry
2018-07-25 v2
Abstract
Length spectra for Riemannian metrics are well studied, while sub-Riemannian length spectra have been largely unexplored. Here we give the length spectrum for a canonical sub-Riemannian structure attached to any compact Lie group by restricting its Killing form to the sum of the root spaces. Surprisingly, the shortest loops are the same in both the Riemannian and sub-Riemannian cases. We provide specific calculations for SU(2) and SU(3).
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@article{arxiv.1704.04704,
title = {Length spectra of sub-Riemannian metrics on compact Lie groups},
author = {András Domokos and Matthew Krauel and Vincent Pigno and Corey Shanbrom and Michael VanValkenburgh},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1704.04704},
year = {2018}
}
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20 pages; new title and abstract