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We generalize the Zermelo navigation problem and its solution on Riemannian manifolds $(M, h)$ admitting a space dependence of a ship's speed $0<|u(x)|_h\leq1$ in the presence of a perturbation $\tilde{W}$ determined by a strong velocity…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2019-03-25 Piotr Kopacz

We generalize and study the Zermelo navigation problem on Hermitian manifolds in the presence of a perturbation $W$ determined by a mild complex velocity vector field $||W(z)||_h<||u(z)||_h$, with application of complex Finsler metric of…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2019-03-25 Nicoleta Aldea , Piotr Kopacz

In this paper, we study Zermelo navigation on Riemannian manifolds and use that to solve a long standing problem in Finsler geometry. Namely, the complete classification of strongly convex Randers metrics of constant flag curvature.

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2007-05-23 David Bao , Colleen Robles , Zhongmin Shen

The generalized Zermelo navigation problem looks for the shortest time paths in an environment, modeled by a Finsler manifold (M,F), under the influence of wind or current, represented by a vector field W. The main objective of this paper…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2023-01-31 Benigno Oliveira Alves , Patricia Marcal

We consider the Zermelo navigation problem on the ellipsoid of revolution (spheroid) in the presence of a perturbation $W$ determined by a mild velocity vector field, $|W|<1$, with application of Finsler metric of Randers type in the…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2019-03-25 Piotr Kopacz

In this work, we solve the generalized Matsumoto's slope-of-a-mountain problem by means of Riemann-Finsler geometry, making close links with the Zermelo navigation problem. The time-minimizing navigation under gravity is analyzed in the…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2025-07-29 Nicoleta Aldea , Piotr Kopacz

We address the time- and position-dependent Zermelo navigation problem within the framework of Lorentz-Finsler geometry. Since the initial work of E. Zermelo, the task is to find the time-minimizing trajectory between two regions for a…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2025-08-12 Steen Markvorsen , Enrique Pendás-Recondo , Frederik Möbius Rygaard

We consider a triality between the Zermelo navigation problem, the geodesic flow on a Finslerian geometry of Randers type, and spacetimes in one dimension higher admitting a timelike conformal Killing vector field. From the latter…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2009-05-05 G. W. Gibbons , C. A. R. Herdeiro , C. M. Warnick , M. C. Werner

In certain circumstances tools of Riemannian geometry are sufficient to address questions arising in the more general Finslerian context. We show that one such instance presents itself in the characterisation of geodesics in Randers spaces…

Mathematical Physics · Physics 2016-09-02 Dorje C. Brody , Gary W. Gibbons , David M. Meier

The present paper studies globally defined Kropina metrics as solutions of the Zermelo's navigation problem. Moreover, we characterize the Kropina metrics of constant flag curvature showing that up to local isometry, there are only two…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2012-09-04 Ryozo Yoshikawa , Sorin V. Sabau

The goal of this paper is to describe Zermelo's navigation problem on Riemannian manifolds as a time-optimal control problem and give an efficient method in order to evaluate its control curvature. We will show that up to change the…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2007-06-12 Ulysse Serres

We study a generalized version of Zermelo's navigation problem where the set of admissible velocities is a general compact convex set, replacing the classical Euclidean ball. After establishing existence results under the natural assumption…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2026-04-24 Matteo Della Rossa , Lorenzo Freddi , Mattia Pinatto

We investigate the travel time in a navigation problem from a geometric perspective. The setting involves an open subset of the Euclidean plane, representing a lake perturbed by a symmetric wind flow proportional to the distance from the…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2024-11-05 Newton Solórzano , Víctor León , Alexandre Henrique , Marcelo Souza

Recently, wind Riemannian structures (WRS) have been introduced as a generalization of Randers and Kropina metrics. They are constructed from the natural data for Zermelo navigation problem, namely, a Riemannian metric $g_R$ and a vector…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2018-05-22 Miguel Angel Javaloyes , Miguel Sánchez

The notion of wind Finslerian structure is developed; this is a generalization of Finsler metrics where the indicatrices at the tangent spaces may not contain the zero vector. In the particular case that these indicatrices are ellipsoids,…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2024-09-04 Erasmo Caponio , Miguel Angel Javaloyes , Miguel Sánchez

Zermelo navigation is not only a fundamental tool in Finsler geometry but also a fundamental approach to the geometrization of dynamics in physics. In this paper, we consider the Zermelo navigation problem on optical Riemannian space and,…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2024-04-03 Zonghai Li , Junji Jia

Some links between Lorentz and Finsler geometries have been developed in the last years, with applications even to the Riemannian case. Our purpose is to give a brief description of them, which may serve as an introduction to recent…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2023-10-25 Miguel Ángel Javaloyes , Enrique Pendás-Recondo , Miguel Sánchez

We consider remodeling the planar search patterns, in the presence of the river-type perturbation represented by the weak vector field, basing on the time-optimal paths as Finslerian solutions to the Zermelo navigation problem via Randers…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2019-03-25 Piotr Kopacz

In this work, we pose and solve the time-optimal navigation problem considered on a slippery mountain slope modeled by a Riemannian manifold of an arbitrary dimension, under the action of a cross gravitational wind. The impact of both…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2025-07-29 Nicoleta Aldea , Piotr Kopacz

We generalize the notion of Zermelo navigation to arbitrary pseudo-Finsler metrics possibly defined in conic subsets. The translation of a pseudo-Finsler metric $F$ is a new pseudo-Finsler metric whose indicatrix is the translation of the…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2014-12-02 Miguel Angel Javaloyes , Henrique Vitório
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