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The aim of this note is to compare the averaged optimal coplanar transfer towards circular orbits when the costs are the transfer time transfer and the energy consumption. While the energy case leads to analyze a 2D Riemannian metric using…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2015-08-25 Bernard Bonnard , Helen Henninger , Jana Nemcova , Jean-Baptiste Pomet

We construct the hyperbolic plane with its geodesic flow as the scale plus symmetry reduction of a three-body problem in the Euclidean plane. The potential is $-I/\Delta^2$ where $I$ is the triangle's moment of inertia and $\Delta$ its…

Dynamical Systems · Mathematics 2016-09-20 Richard Montgomery

In this paper we study the problem of designing periodic orbits for a special class of hybrid systems, namely mechanical systems with underactuated continuous dynamics and impulse events. We approach the problem by means of optimal control.…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2017-02-16 Sara Spedicato , Giuseppe Notarstefano

In this article, I demonstrate a new method to derive Jacobi metrics from Randers-Finsler metrics by introducing a more generalised approach to Hamiltonian mechanics for such spacetimes and discuss the related applications and properties. I…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2024-11-06 Sumanto Chanda

The main contribution of this paper is a novel method for planning globally optimal trajectories for dynamical systems subject to polygonal constraints. The proposed method is a hybrid trajectory planning approach, which combines graph…

Systems and Control · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2021-08-11 Andreas B. Martinsen , Anastasios M. Lekkas , Sebastien Gros

We introduce an optimal transport-based model for learning a metric tensor from cross-sectional samples of evolving probability measures on a common Riemannian manifold. We neurally parametrize the metric as a spatially-varying matrix field…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2023-03-08 Christopher Scarvelis , Justin Solomon

Orbital maneuver planning is a critical aspect of mission design, aimed at minimizing propellant consumption, which is directly correlated with the total velocity change ($\Delta V$). While analytical solutions like the Hohmann and…

Earth and Planetary Astrophysics · Physics 2025-08-06 Phuc Hao Do , Tran Duc Le

Preliminary mission design requires an efficient and accurate approximation to the low-thrust rendezvous trajectories, which might be generally three-dimensional and involve multiple revolutions. In this paper, a new shaping method using…

Robotics · Computer Science 2022-03-02 Di Wu , Tongxin Zhang , Yuan Zhong , Fanghua Jiang , Junfeng Li

This study proposes a new automated strategy for designing and optimizing three-dimensional interplanetary low-thrust (LT) trajectories. The method formulates the design as a hybrid optimal control problem and solves it using a two-step…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2023-09-22 Burhani M. Burhani , Elena Fantino , Roberto Flores , Manuel Sanjurjo-Rivo

We propose a method to obtain optimal protocols for adiabatic ground-state preparation near the adiabatic limit, extending earlier ideas from [D. A. Sivak and G. E. Crooks, Phys. Rev. Lett. 108, 190602 (2012)] to quantum non-dissipative…

Quantum Gases · Physics 2016-07-20 Michael Tomka , Tiago Souza , Steven Rosenberg , Anatoli Polkovnikov

We present a new flexible wavefront propagation algorithm for the boundary value problem for sub-Riemannian (SR) geodesics in the roto-translation group $SE(2) = \mathbb{R}^2 \rtimes S^1$ with a metric tensor depending on a smooth external…

Group Theory · Mathematics 2017-01-26 Erik J. Bekkers , Remco Duits , Alexey Mashtakov , Gonzalo R. Sanguinetti

Optimal transport (OT) has become a natural framework for guiding the probability flows. Yet, the majority of recent generative models assume trivial geometry (e.g., Euclidean) and rely on strong density-estimation assumptions, yielding…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2025-09-23 Nazar Buzun , Daniil Shlenskii , Maxim Bobrin , Dmitry V. Dylov

The geodesic motion in a Lorentzian spacetime can be described by trajectories in a $3-$dimensional Riemannian metric. In this article we present a generalized Jacobi metric obtained from projecting a Lorentzian metric over the directions…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2024-10-15 Marcos A. Argañaraz , Oscar Lasso Andino

In the present paper we have discussed the mechanics of incompressible test bodies moving in Riemannian spaces with non-trivial curvature tensors. For Hamilton's equations of motion the solutions have been obtained in the parametrical form…

Classical Physics · Physics 2020-12-02 Vasyl Kovalchuk , Barbara Gołubowska , Ewa Eliza Rożko

Real-time kinodynamic trajectory planning in dynamic environments is critical yet challenging for autonomous driving. In this letter, we propose an efficient trajectory planning system for autonomous driving in complex dynamic scenarios…

Robotics · Computer Science 2022-05-25 Cheng Jie , Chen Yingbing , Zhang Qingwen , Gan Lu , Liu Ming

Time-jerk optimal trajectory planning is crucial in advancing robotic arms' performance in dynamic tasks. Traditional methods rely on solving complex nonlinear programming problems, bringing significant delays in generating optimized…

Robotics · Computer Science 2024-03-27 Beibei Zhang , Tian Xiang , Chentao Mao , Yuhua Zheng , Shuai Li , Haoyi Niu , Xiangming Xi , Wenyuan Bai , Feng Gao

This paper presents a simple approach to low-thrust optimal-fuel and optimal-time transfer problems between two elliptic orbits using the Cartesian coordinates system. In this case, an orbit is described by its specific angular momentum and…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2014-12-09 Hantian Zhang , Dong Eui Chang , Qingjie Cao

The generation of energy-efficient and dynamic-aware robot motions that satisfy constraints such as joint limits, self-collisions, and collisions with the environment remains a challenge. In this context, Riemannian geometry offers…

Robotics · Computer Science 2023-07-31 Holger Klein , Noémie Jaquier , Andre Meixner , Tamim Asfour

Trajectory optimization is a widely used tool in the design and control of dynamical systems. Typically, not only nonlinear dynamics, but also couplings of the initial and final condition through implicit boundary constraints render the…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2024-12-05 Mohamed Abou-Taleb , Maximilian Raff , Kathrin Flaßkamp , C. David Remy

This investigation is motivated by the problem of optimal design of cooling elements in modern battery systems. We consider a simple model of two-dimensional steady-state heat conduction described by elliptic partial differential equations…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2013-07-05 Xiaohui Peng , Katsiaryna Niakhai , Bartosz Protas