Variational aspects of the geodesics problem in sub-Riemannian geometry

Journal of Geometry and Physics

Volumn 39, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 183-206

  Piccione, Paolo ^a   Tausk, Daniel V ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

37J05; 37J50; 37J60; 53C17; 70H03; 70H05; Differential geometry; Geodesic problem in sub Riemannian geometry; Variational calculus

Indexed keywords

EID: 0001753741     PISSN: 03930440     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0393-0440(01)00011-0     Document Type: Article

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