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    Condition: New. Sub-Riemannian geometry has been a full research domain, with motivations and ramifications in several parts of pure and applied mathematics. This book provides an introduction to sub-Riemannian geometry. Editor(s): Bass, Hyman; Risler, Jean-Jaques. Series: Progress in Mathematics. Num Pages: 398 pages, biography. BIC Classification: PBMP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 23. Weight in Grams: 752. . 1996. 1996th Edition. hardcover. . . . . …

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    Condition: New. Sub-Riemannian geometry has been a full research domain, with motivations and ramifications in several parts of pure and applied mathematics. This book provides an introduction to sub-Riemannian geometry. Editor(s): Bass, Hyman; Risler, Jean-Jaques. Series: Progress in Mathematics. Num Pages: 398 pages, biography. BIC Classification: PBMP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 23. Weight in Grams: 752. . 1996. 1996th Edition. hardcover. . . . . Books ship from the US and Ireland. …

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    Buch. Condition: Neu. Druck auf Anfrage Neuware - Printed after ordering - The tangent space in sub-Riemannian geometry.1. Sub-Riemannian manifolds.2. Accessibility.3. Two examples.4. Privileged coordinates.5. The tangent nilpotent Lie algebra and the algebraic structure of the tangent space.6. Gromov's notion of tangent space.7. Distance estimates and the metric tangent space.8. Why is the tangent space a group .- References.- Carnot-Carathéodory spaces seen from within.0. Basic definitions, examples and problems.1. Horizontal curves and small C-C balls.2. Hypersurfaces in C-C spaces.3. Carnot-Carathéodory geometry of contact manifolds.4. Pfaffian geometry in the internal light.5. Anisotropic connections.- References.- Survey of singular geodesics.1. Introduction.2. The example and its properties.3. Some open questions.4. Note in proof.- References.- A cornucopia of four-dimensional abnormal sub-Riemannian minimizers.1. Introduction.2. Sub-Riemannian manifolds and abnormal extremals.3. Abnormal extremals in dimension 4.4. Optimality.5. An optimality lemma.6. End of the proof.7. Strict abnormality.8. Conclusion.- References.- Stabilization of controllable systems.0. Introduction.1. Local controllability.2. Sufficient conditions for local stabilizability of locally controllable systems by means of stationary feedback laws.3. Necessary conditions for local stabilizability by means of stationary feedback laws.4. Stabilization by means of time-varying feedback laws.5. Return method and controllability.- References. …

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    Taschenbuch. Condition: Neu. Druck auf Anfrage Neuware - Printed after ordering - Sub-Riemannian geometry (also known as Carnot geometry in France, and non-holonomic Riemannian geometry in Russia) has been a full research domain for fifteen years, with motivations and ramifications in several parts of pure and applied mathematics, namely: control theory classical mechanics Riemannian geometry (of which sub-Riemannian geometry constitutes a natural generalization, and where sub-Riemannian metrics may appear as limit cases) diffusion on manifolds analysis of hypoelliptic operators Cauchy-Riemann (or CR) geometry.Although links between these domains had been foreseen by many authors in the past, it is only in recent years that sub- Riemannian geometry has been recognized as a possible common framework for all these topics. This book provides an introduction to sub-Riemannian geometry and presents the state of the art and open problems in the field. It consists of five coherent and original articles by the leading specialists: André Bellaïche: The tangent space in sub-Riemannian geometry Mikhael Gromov: Carnot-Carathéodory spaces seen from within Richard Montgomery: Survey of singular geodesics Héctor J. Sussmann: A cornucopia of four-dimensional abnormal sub-Riemannian minimizers Jean-Michel Coron: Stabilization of controllable systems.…

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    Condition: Gut. Zustand: Gut | Seiten: 412 | Sprache: Englisch | Produktart: Bücher | Sub-Riemannian geometry (also known as Carnot geometry in France, and non-holonomic Riemannian geometry in Russia) has been a full research domain for fifteen years, with motivations and ramifications in several parts of pure and applied mathematics, namely: ¿ control theory ¿ classical mechanics ¿ Riemannian geometry (of which sub-Riemannian geometry constitutes a natural generalization, and where sub-Riemannian metrics may appear as limit cases) ¿ diffusion on manifolds ¿ analysis of hypoelliptic operators ¿ Cauchy-Riemann (or CR) geometry. Although links between these domains had been foreseen by many authors in the past, it is only in recent years that sub- Riemannian geometry has been recognized as a possible common framework for all these topics. This book provides an introduction to sub-Riemannian geometry and presents the state of the art and open problems in the field. It consists of five coherent and original articles by the leading specialists: ¿ André Bellaïche: The tangent space in sub-Riemannian geometry ¿ Mikhael Gromov: Carnot-Carathéodory spaces seen from within ¿ Richard Montgomery: Survey of singular geodesics ¿ Héctor J. Sussmann: A cornucopia of four-dimensional abnormal sub-Riemannian minimizers ¿ Jean-Michel Coron: Stabilization of controllable systems.…

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    Condition: Sehr gut. Zustand: Sehr gut | Seiten: 412 | Sprache: Englisch | Produktart: Bücher | Sub-Riemannian geometry (also known as Carnot geometry in France, and non-holonomic Riemannian geometry in Russia) has been a full research domain for fifteen years, with motivations and ramifications in several parts of pure and applied mathematics, namely: ¿ control theory ¿ classical mechanics ¿ Riemannian geometry (of which sub-Riemannian geometry constitutes a natural generalization, and where sub-Riemannian metrics may appear as limit cases) ¿ diffusion on manifolds ¿ analysis of hypoelliptic operators ¿ Cauchy-Riemann (or CR) geometry. Although links between these domains had been foreseen by many authors in the past, it is only in recent years that sub- Riemannian geometry has been recognized as a possible common framework for all these topics. This book provides an introduction to sub-Riemannian geometry and presents the state of the art and open problems in the field. It consists of five coherent and original articles by the leading specialists: ¿ André Bellaïche: The tangent space in sub-Riemannian geometry ¿ Mikhael Gromov: Carnot-Carathéodory spaces seen from within ¿ Richard Montgomery: Survey of singular geodesics ¿ Héctor J. Sussmann: A cornucopia of four-dimensional abnormal sub-Riemannian minimizers ¿ Jean-Michel Coron: Stabilization of controllable systems.…

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    Taschenbuch. Condition: Neu. This item is printed on demand - it takes 3-4 days longer - Neuware -Sub-Riemannian geometry (also known as Carnot geometry in France, and non-holonomic Riemannian geometry in Russia) has been a full research domain for fifteen years, with motivations and ramifications in several parts of pure and applied mathematics, namely: control theory classical mechanics Riemannian geometry (of which sub-Riemannian geometry constitutes a natural generalization, and where sub-Riemannian metrics may appear as limit cases) diffusion on manifolds analysis of hypoelliptic operators Cauchy-Riemann (or CR) geometry.Although links between these domains had been foreseen by many authors in the past, it is only in recent years that sub- Riemannian geometry has been recognized as a possible common framework for all these topics. This book provides an introduction to sub-Riemannian geometry and presents the state of the art and open problems in the field. It consists of five coherent and original articles by the leading specialists: André Bellaïche: The tangent space in sub-Riemannian geometry Mikhael Gromov: Carnot-Carathéodory spaces seen from within Richard Montgomery: Survey of singular geodesics Héctor J. Sussmann: A cornucopia of four-dimensional abnormal sub-Riemannian minimizers Jean-Michel Coron: Stabilization of controllable systems 408 pp. Englisch.…

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    Buch. Condition: Neu. This item is printed on demand - Print on Demand Titel. Neuware -The tangent space in sub-Riemannian geometry.- 1. Sub-Riemannian manifolds.- 2. Accessibility.- 3. Two examples.- 4. Privileged coordinates.- 5. The tangent nilpotent Lie algebra and the algebraic structure of the tangent space.- 6. Gromov's notion of tangent space.- 7. Distance estimates and the metric tangent space.- 8. Why is the tangent space a group .- References.- Carnot-Carathéodory spaces seen from within.- 0. Basic definitions, examples and problems.- 1. Horizontal curves and small C-C balls.- 2. Hypersurfaces in C-C spaces.- 3. Carnot-Carathéodory geometry of contact manifolds.- 4. Pfaffian geometry in the internal light.- 5. Anisotropic connections.- References.- Survey of singular geodesics.- 1. Introduction.- 2. The example and its properties.- 3. Some open questions.- 4. Note in proof.- References.- A cornucopia of four-dimensional abnormal sub-Riemannian minimizers.- 1. Introduction.- 2. Sub-Riemannian manifolds and abnormal extremals.- 3. Abnormal extremals in dimension 4.- 4. Optimality.- 5. An optimality lemma.- 6. End of the proof.- 7. Strict abnormality.- 8. Conclusion.- References.- Stabilization of controllable systems.- 0. Introduction.- 1. Local controllability.- 2. Sufficient conditions for local stabilizability of locally controllable systems by means of stationary feedback laws.- 3. Necessary conditions for local stabilizability by means of stationary feedback laws.- 4. Stabilization by means of time-varying feedback laws.- 5. Return method and controllability.- References.Springer Nature c/o IBS, Benzstrasse 21, 48619 Heek 412 pp. Englisch.…

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    Taschenbuch. Condition: Neu. This item is printed on demand - Print on Demand Titel. Neuware -Sub-Riemannian geometry (also known as Carnot geometry in France, and non-holonomic Riemannian geometry in Russia) has been a full research domain for fifteen years, with motivations and ramifications in several parts of pure and applied mathematics, namely:¿ control theory ¿ classical mechanics ¿ Riemannian geometry (of which sub-Riemannian geometry constitutes a natural generalization, and where sub-Riemannian metrics may appear as limit cases) ¿ diffusion on manifolds ¿ analysis of hypoelliptic operators ¿ Cauchy-Riemann (or CR) geometry.Although links between these domains had been foreseen by many authors in the past, it is only in recent years that sub- Riemannian geometry has been recognized as a possible common framework for all these topics.This book provides an introduction to sub-Riemannian geometry and presents the state of the art and open problems in the field. It consists of five coherent and original articles by the leading specialists:¿ André Bellaïche: The tangent space in sub-Riemannian geometry ¿ Mikhael Gromov: Carnot-Carathéodory spaces seen from within ¿ Richard Montgomery: Survey of singular geodesics ¿ Héctor J. Sussmann: A cornucopia of four-dimensional abnormal sub-Riemannian minimizers ¿ Jean-Michel Coron: Stabilization of controllable systemsSpringer Nature c/o IBS, Benzstrasse 21, 48619 Heek 408 pp. Englisch.…

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    Buch. Condition: Neu. This item is printed on demand - it takes 3-4 days longer - Neuware -Sub-Riemannian geometry (also known as Carnot geometry in France, and non-holonomic Riemannian geometry in Russia) has been a full research domain for fifteen years, with motivations and ramifications in several parts of pure and applied mathematics, namely:- control theory - classical mechanics - Riemannian geometry (of which sub-Riemannian geometry constitutes a natural generalization, and where sub-Riemannian metrics may appear as limit cases) - diffusion on manifolds - analysis of hypoelliptic operators - Cauchy-Riemann (or CR) geometry.Although links between these domains had been foreseen by many authors in the past, it is only in recent years that sub- Riemannian geometry has been recognized as a possible common framework for all these topics. This book provides an introduction to sub-Riemannian geometry and presents the state of the art and open problems in the field. It consists of five coherent and original articles by the leading specialists:- André Bellaïche: The tangent space in sub-Riemannian geometry - Mikhael Gromov: Carnot-Carathéodory spaces seen from within - Richard Montgomery: Survey of singular geodesics - Héctor J. Sussmann: A cornucopia of four-dimensional abnormal sub-Riemannian minimizers - Jean-Michel Coron: Stabilization of controllable systems 398 pp. Englisch.…