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ODE trajectories as abnormal curves in Carnot groups

Differential Geometry 2020-06-18 v1 Classical Analysis and ODEs

Abstract

We prove that for every polynomial ODE there exists a Carnot group where the trajectories of the ODE lift to abnormal curves. The proof defines an explicit construction to determine a covector for the resulting abnormal curves. Using this method we give new examples of abnormal curves in Carnot groups of high step. As a byproduct of the argument, we also prove that concatenations of abnormal curves have abnormal lifts.

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@article{arxiv.2006.09783,
  title  = {ODE trajectories as abnormal curves in Carnot groups},
  author = {Eero Hakavuori},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2006.09783},
  year   = {2020}
}

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31 pages, 5 figures

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