On sub-Riemannian caustics and wave fronts for contact distributions in the three-space

Journal of Dynamical and Control Systems

Volumn 6, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 365-395

  Agrachev, A A ^b,c   Charlot, G ^a   Gauthier, J P A ^a   Zakalyukin, V M ^d  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE BOURGOGNE   (France)

^b STEKLOV MATHEMATICAL INSTITUTE   (Russian Federation)

^c SISSA   (Italy)

^d MOSCOW AVIATION INSTITUTE NATIONAL RESEARCH UNIVERSITY   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ASYMPTOTIC STABILITY; CONFORMAL MAPPING; GRAPH THEORY; LAGRANGE MULTIPLIERS; OPTIMAL SYSTEMS; POLYNOMIALS; TENSORS; THREE DIMENSIONAL;

LAGRANGIAN SINGULARITIES; LEGENDRIAN SINGULARITIES; SUB RIEMANNIAN CAUSTICS; SUB RIEMANNIAN GEODESICS;

GEOMETRY;

EID: 0034226016     PISSN: 10792724     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1009566723037     Document Type: Article

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