SLIDE 17 Definitions SR structure on Ds(M) Geodesics Reachability
Geodesics on Ds(M)
KHe : H∗
e → He
= inverse of the operator X → X, ·
i.e. ∀α ∈ H∗
e
α(·) = KHe α, ·
KHϕ = dRϕ KHe dR∗
ϕ : T ∗ ϕDs(M) → TϕDs(M)
(Ck vector bundle morphism) Normal Hamiltonian h : T ∗Ds(M) → I R defined by h(ϕ, P) = 1
2 P(KHϕP) (cometric induced on T ∗Ds(M) by the SR structure) In local canonical coordinates : KHϕ P = X(ϕ, P) ◦ ϕ with X(ϕ, P) = KHe (dRϕ)∗.P and hence h(ϕ, P) = 1 2 P(X(ϕ, P) ◦ ϕ) = 1 2 X(ϕ, P), X(ϕ, P).
Normal geodesic equations ( ˙ ϕ(t), ˙ P(t)) = ∇ωh(ϕ(t), P(t)) a.e.
(symplectic gradient) If K is the reproducing kernel associated with He, then, for every x ∈ M, ∂t ϕ(t, x) = Z
M
K(ϕ(t, x), ϕ(t, y))P(t, y) dyg, ∂t P(t, x) = −P(t, x) Z
M
∂1K(ϕ(t, x), ϕ(t, y))P(t, y) dyg
Sub-Riemannian structures on groups of diffeomorphisms