Mathematics Seminars - Tuesday 14 June 2011

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M A T H E M A T I C S   S E M I N A R S   2011


Tuesday, 14 June at 14.30 hrs.


Prof. Andrei Agrachev
(SISSA-ISAS, Trieste - Italy)


"The curvature revisited"



Abstract:

I'll explain how to define the curvature of variational problems 
including those with nonholonomic constraints. Classical Riemannian 
curvature comes as a very special case. I'll give more details and some 
applications for the 3D sub Riemannian problem that is the length 
minimization problem on the space of Legendrian curves on a contact 
manifold.


VENUE: Luigi Stasi Seminar Room (ICTP Leonardo Building, first floor)