Contact Geometry of Curves

• Veröffentlicht in: Symmetry, Integrability and Geometry: Methods and Applications
• Datum: 2009
• 1. Verfasser: Vassiliou, P.J.
• Format: Artikel
• Sprache: Englisch
• Veröffentlicht: Інститут математики НАН України 2009
• Online Zugang: https://nasplib.isofts.kiev.ua/handle/123456789/149111
• Назва журналу: Digital Library of Periodicals of National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine
• Zitieren: Contact Geometry of Curves / P.J. Vassiliou // Symmetry, Integrability and Geometry: Methods and Applications. — 2009. — Т. 5. — Бібліогр.: 30 назв. — англ.

Cartan's method of moving frames is briefly recalled in the context of immersed curves in the homogeneous space of a Lie group G. The contact geometry of curves in low dimensional equi-affine geometry is then made explicit. This delivers the complete set of invariant data which solves the G-equ...