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48 results for sub-Finsler Lie groups

Study finds abnormal paths on specific Lie groups using algebraic structures.

problem Identifying abnormal extremals on Lie groups with quasimetrics.
method Analyzing Lie algebras and seminorms to determine abnormal extremals.
result Established criterion for strong abnormality of extremals.

Study normal curves in sub-Finsler Lie groups with specific norms, focusing on branching and face stability.

problem Analyzing normal curves in sub-Finsler Lie groups with different norms.
method Using tools from convex analysis, the Pontryagin Maximum Principle is revisited to express the normal equation as a differential inclusion involving the subdifferential of the dual norm.
result Normal curves in polyhedral norms have controls that locally take values in a single face of a sphere with respect to the norm.

We consider control-linear left-invariant time-optimal problems on step 2 Carnot groups with strictly convex set of control parameters (in particular, sub-Finsler problems). We describe all linear-in-momenta Casimirs on the dual of the Lie algebra. In the case of rank 3 Lie groups we describe the symplectic foliation o…

2019-10-10abs ↗pdf ↗

Study proves existence of regions minimizing perimeter in specific geometric structures.

problem Existence of isoperimetric regions in sub-Finsler nilpotent groups.
method Analyzes nilpotent Lie groups with a bracket-generating distribution and asymmetric norms.
result Proves existence of minimizers of perimeter under volume constraint.

Study on curvature exponent of sub-Finsler Heisenberg groups, proving N_min ≥ 5.

problem Determining the curvature exponent of sub-Finsler Heisenberg groups.
method Analyzing the measure contraction property and constructing sub-Finsler structures.
result Proved that curvature exponent N_min ≥ 5, with equality if sub-Riemannian.

The paper examines curvature-dimension bounds on sub-Finsler Heisenberg groups.

problem Investigating synthetic curvature-dimension bounds in sub-Finsler Heisenberg groups.
method Study of measure contraction property (MCP) and curvature-dimension condition (CD).
result Sub-Finsler Heisenberg groups do not satisfy MCP or CD for any parameters.

We consider Heisenberg groups equipped with a sub-Finsler metric. Using methods of optimal control theory we prove that in this geometric setting the infinite geodesics are horizontal lines under the assumption that the sub-Finsler metric is defined by a strictly convex norm. This answers a question posed in [5] and ha…

2018-07-26abs ↗pdf ↗

The study proves surfaces in a specific Heisenberg group must be simple planes.

problem Characterizing surfaces in a sub-Finsler Heisenberg group.
method Analyzes (X,Y)(X,Y)-Lipschitz surfaces in H1\mathbb{H}^1 with a sub-Finsler structure.
result Complete, oriented, stable (X,Y)(X,Y)-Lipschitz surfaces are vertical planes.

The paper shows examples of geodesics switching infinitely often on certain manifolds.

problem Understanding geodesics with infinitely many switches on Finsler and sub-Finsler manifolds.
method Provided examples and explicit structures on Carnot groups, presented a sufficient condition for chattering.
result Geodesics on certain manifolds can exhibit a countable number of switches in arbitrarily small time intervals.

The book explores Lie groups and Carnot-Carathéodory spaces, highlighting their applications in metric geometry and geometric group theory.

problem Exploring non-smooth geometries on Lie groups and their applications.
method Study of left-invariant metrics on Lie groups, focusing on nilpotent and Carnot groups.
result Illustrates the role of metric Lie groups, particularly Carnot groups, in various mathematical contexts.

Study on curvature bounds and geodesic dimension in sub-Finsler Heisenberg groups.

problem Investigate synthetic curvature-dimension bounds in sub-Finsler geometry.
method Examine measure contraction property and geodesic dimension on Heisenberg groups with p\ell^p-sub-Finsler norms.
result For p(2,]p \in (2, \infty], p\ell^p-Heisenberg group fails to satisfy any measure contraction property. For p(1,2)p \in (1, 2), it satisfies MCP(K,N)\mathsf{MCP}(K, N) under specific conditions.

Study on curvature equation in Heisenberg group with convex boundary.

problem Existence of solutions to prescribed mean curvature equation in sub-Finsler Heisenberg group.
method Finsler approximation scheme to prove existence of Lipschitz solutions.
result Existence of a Lipschitz solution for the Dirichlet problem.

The curvature-dimension condition fails in sub-Finsler geometry, extending previous results in sub-Riemannian geometry.

problem The failure of the curvature-dimension condition in sub-Finsler geometry.
method Non-trivial adaptation of Juillet's work, introduction of new tools and ideas.
result The CD(K,N)\mathsf{CD}(K,N) condition does not hold in sub-Finsler geometry for various norms and measures.

The paper derives explicit geodesic equations for a specific type of group structure.

problem Finding geodesics in left-invariant sub-Finsler problems on Heisenberg groups.
method Using convex trigonometry and generalizations of spherical coordinates.
result Explicit formulae for geodesics in Heisenberg groups are derived.

Optimally regularizes boundaries in the Heisenberg group with prescribed curvature.

problem Optimizing boundaries with prescribed sub-Finsler mean curvature in the Heisenberg group.
method Analyzes critical sets of the prescribed mean curvature functional in the Heisenberg group.
result Characteristic curves of critical sets are C2C^2-regular, optimal in the Heisenberg group.

In this paper we study a sub-Finsler geometric problem on the free-nilpotent group of rank 2 and step 3. Such a group is also called Cartan group and has a natural structure of Carnot group, which we metrize considering the \ell_\infty norm on its first layer. We adopt the point of view of time-optimal control theory…

2018-10-09abs ↗pdf ↗

The study solves the isoperimetric problem for Heisenberg group norms.

problem Solving the isoperimetric problem for anisotropic norms in the Heisenberg group.
method Representation formula for perimeter, foliation property, differential equation characterization, approximation procedure.
result Characterization of isoperimetric sets as sub-Finsler analogues of Pansu's bubbles.

Examples of area-minimizing graphs with low regularity in a specific group.

problem Finding area-minimizing graphs with low regularity in a sub-Finsler Heisenberg group.
method Providing examples of entire area-minimizing horizontal graphs with prescribed singular sets.
result Examples of area-minimizing graphs that are locally Lipschitz but not necessarily smoother.

Proves rectifiability for specific metric spaces with unique tangents.

problem Rectifiability of CD(K,N)\mathsf{CD}(K,N) and MCP(K,N)\mathsf{MCP}(K,N) spaces with unique tangents.
method Failure of CD\mathsf{CD} condition in sub-Finsler Carnot groups, new result on MCP\mathsf{MCP} spaces, recent breakthrough by Bate.
result Proves rectifiability for CD(K,N)\mathsf{CD}(K,N) and MCP(K,N)\mathsf{MCP}(K,N) spaces under specific conditions.

This paper is a continuation of the work by the same authors on the Cartan group equipped with the sub-Finsler \ell_\infty norm. We start by giving a detailed presentation of the structure of bang-bang extremal trajectories. Then we prove upper bounds on the number of switchings on bang-bang minimizers. We prove that…

2018-10-12abs ↗pdf ↗

The tangent space is constructed in sub-Finsler geometry, leading to the failure of the CD condition in 3D-contact manifolds.

problem The failure of the CD condition in sub-Finsler geometry.
method Construction of the tangent space in the measured Gromov-Hausdorff sense, application of nilpotent approximation.
result The CD condition fails in 3D-contact sub-Finsler manifolds.

We study left-invariant distances on Lie groups for which there exists a one-parameter family of homothetic automorphisms. The main examples are Carnot groups, in particular the Heisenberg group with the standard dilations. We are interested in criteria implying that, locally and away from the diagonal, the distance is…

2015-09-13abs ↗pdf ↗

This paper provides some partial regularity results for geodesics (i.e., isometric images of intervals) in arbitrary sub-Riemannian and sub-Finsler manifolds. Our strategy is to study infinitesimal and asymptotic properties of geodesics in Carnot groups equipped with arbitrary sub-Finsler metrics. We show that tangents…

2018-06-25abs ↗pdf ↗

A new convenient method of describing flat convex compact sets is proposed. It generalizes classical trigonometric functions sin\sin and cos\cos. Apparently, this method may be very useful for explicit description of solutions of optimal control problems with two-dimensional control. Using this method a series of sub-Fin…

2018-07-21abs ↗pdf ↗

This work is an investigation of perimeter measures in the metric measure space given by the Heisenberg group with Haar measure and a Carnot-Carathéodory metric, which is in general a sub-Finsler metric. Included is a reduction of Minkowski content in any CC-metric to an integral formula in terms of Lebesgue surface ar…

2017-11-05abs ↗pdf ↗

We define the notion of sub-Finsler geometry as a natural generalization of sub-Riemannian geometry with applications to optimal control theory. We compute a complete set of local invariants, geodesic equations, and the Jacobi operator for the three-dimensional case and investigate homogeneous examples.

2004-06-22abs ↗pdf ↗

We prove that sub-Riemannian manifolds are infinitesimally Hilbertian (i.e., the associated Sobolev space is Hilbert) when equipped with an arbitrary Radon measure. The result follows from an embedding of metric derivations into the space of square-integrable sections of the horizontal bundle, which we obtain on all we…

2019-10-14abs ↗pdf ↗

The notion of curvature discussed in this paper is a far going generalization of the Riemannian sectional curvature. It was first introduced by Agrachev, Barilari and Rizzi in arXiv:1306.5318, and it is defined for a wide class of optimal control problems: a unified framework including geometric structures such as Riem…

2016-05-24abs ↗pdf ↗

In this work we deal with coverings and actions of Lie group- groupoids being a sort of the structured Lie groupoids. Firstly, we define an action of a Lie group-groupoid on some Lie group and the smooth coverings of Lie group-groupoids. Later, we show the equivalence of the category of smooth actions of Lie group-grou…

2009-02-17abs ↗pdf ↗

Lie groups of automorphisms of cotangent bundles of Lie groups are completely characterized and interesting results are obtained. We give prominence to the fact that the Lie groups of automorphisms of cotangent bundles of Lie groups are super symmetric Lie groups. In the cases of orthogonal Lie lgebras, semi-simple Lie…

2015-05-02abs ↗pdf ↗

We describe the structure of the Lie groups endowed with a left-invariant symplectic form, called symplectic Lie groups, in terms of semi-direct products of Lie groups, symplectic reduction and principal bundles with affine fiber. This description is particularly nice if the group is Hamiltonian, that is, if the left c…

2009-07-01abs ↗pdf ↗

In this survey, we report on the state of the art of some of the fundamental problems in the Lie theory of Lie groups modeled on locally convex spaces, such as integrability of Lie algebras, integrability of Lie subalgebras to Lie subgroups, and integrability of Lie algebra extensions to Lie group extensions. We furthe…

2015-01-26abs ↗pdf ↗

In this note we construct an infinite-dimensional Lie group structure on the group of vertical bisections of a regular Lie groupoid. We then identify the Lie algebra of this group and discuss regularity properties (in the sense of Milnor) for these Lie groups. If the groupoid is locally trivial, i.e. a gauge groupoid, …

2019-05-13abs ↗pdf ↗

In this paper, we introduce the notion of a (regular) Hom-Lie group. We associate a Hom-Lie algebra to a Hom-Lie group and show that every regular Hom-Lie algebra is integrable. Then, we define a Hom-exponential (Hexp) map from the Hom-Lie algebra of a Hom-Lie group to the Hom-Lie group and discuss the universality of …

2019-04-13abs ↗pdf ↗

The purpose of this paper is to show how central extensions of (possibly infinite-dimensional) Lie algebras integrate to central extensions of étale Lie 2-groups. In finite dimensions, central extensions of Lie algebras integrate to central extensions of Lie groups, a fact which is due to the vanishing of π_2 for each …

2012-04-25abs ↗pdf ↗

New metrics with special curvature properties are shown to be parallel in certain Lie groups.

problem Characterizing metrics with harmonic curvature in Lie groups.
method Analyzing left invariant metrics on solvable and low-dimensional Lie groups.
result Left invariant metrics with harmonic curvature are Ricci-parallel in solvable Lie groups and Lie groups of dimension ≤6.