Geometry of Control-Affine Systems

Motivated by control-affine systems in optimal control theory, we introduce the notion of a point-affine distribution on a manifold X – i.e., an affine distribution F together with a distinguished vector field contained in F. We compute local invariants for point-affine distributions of constant typ...

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Datum:2009
Hauptverfasser: Clelland, J.N., Moseley, C.G., Wilkens, G.R.
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Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: Інститут математики НАН України 2009
Schriftenreihe:Symmetry, Integrability and Geometry: Methods and Applications
Online Zugang:https://nasplib.isofts.kiev.ua/handle/123456789/149099
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Zitieren:Geometry of Control-Affine Systems / J.N. Clelland, C.G. Moseley, G.R. Wilkens // Symmetry, Integrability and Geometry: Methods and Applications. — 2009. — Т. 5. — Бібліогр.: 26 назв. — англ.

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Zusammenfassung:Motivated by control-affine systems in optimal control theory, we introduce the notion of a point-affine distribution on a manifold X – i.e., an affine distribution F together with a distinguished vector field contained in F. We compute local invariants for point-affine distributions of constant type when dim(X) = n, rank(F) = n–1, and when dim(X) = 3, rank(F) = 1. Unlike linear distributions, which are characterized by integer-valued invariants – namely, the rank and growth vector – when dim(X) ≤ 4, we find local invariants depending on arbitrary functions even for rank 1 point-affine distributions on manifolds of dimension 2.