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On generalization of Zermelo navigation problem on Riemannian manifolds

Differential Geometry 2019-03-25 v1 Optimization and Control

Abstract

We generalize the Zermelo navigation problem and its solution on Riemannian manifolds (M,h)(M, h) admitting a space dependence of a ship's own speed u(x)h1|u(x)|_h\leq1 in the presence of a perturbation WW determined by a mild velocity vector field W(x)h<u(x)h|W(x)|_h<|u(x)|_h, with application of Finsler metric of Randers type.

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@article{arxiv.1604.06487,
  title  = {On generalization of Zermelo navigation problem on Riemannian manifolds},
  author = {Piotr Kopacz},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1604.06487},
  year   = {2019}
}

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10 pages, 4 figures