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Sub-Lorentzian extremals defined by an antinorm

Optimization and Control 2024-06-18 v1 Differential Geometry

Abstract

We consider a left-invariant (sub-)Lorentzian structure on a Lie group. We assume that this structure is defined by a closed convex salient cone in the corresponding Lie algebra and a continuous antinorm associated with this cone. We derive the Hamiltonian system for (sub-)Lorentzian extremals and give conditions under that normal extremal trajectories keep their causal type. Tangent vectors of abnormal extremal trajectories are either light-like or tangent vectors of sub-Riemannian extremal trajectories for the sub-Riemannian distribution spanned by the cone.

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@article{arxiv.2402.04687,
  title  = {Sub-Lorentzian extremals defined by an antinorm},
  author = {A. V. Podobryaev},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2402.04687},
  year   = {2024}
}

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11 pages

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