On the geometric approach to the motion of inertial mechanical systems
(2002) In Journal of Physics A: Mathematical and General 35(32). p.51-79- Abstract
- According to the principle of least action, the spatially periodic motions of one-dimensional mechanical systems with no external forces are described in the Lagrangian formalism by geodesics on a manifold-configuration space, the group D of smooth orientation-preserving diffeomorphisms of the circle. The periodic inviscid Burgers equation is the geodesic equation on D with the L-2 right-invariant metric. However, the exponential map for this right-invariant metric is not a C-1 local diffeomorphism and the geometric structure is therefore deficient. On the other hand, the geodesic equation on D for the H-1 right-invariant metric is also a re-expression of a model in mathematical physics. We show that in this case the exponential map is a... (More)
- According to the principle of least action, the spatially periodic motions of one-dimensional mechanical systems with no external forces are described in the Lagrangian formalism by geodesics on a manifold-configuration space, the group D of smooth orientation-preserving diffeomorphisms of the circle. The periodic inviscid Burgers equation is the geodesic equation on D with the L-2 right-invariant metric. However, the exponential map for this right-invariant metric is not a C-1 local diffeomorphism and the geometric structure is therefore deficient. On the other hand, the geodesic equation on D for the H-1 right-invariant metric is also a re-expression of a model in mathematical physics. We show that in this case the exponential map is a C-1 local diffeomorphism and that if two diffeomorphisms are sufficiently close on D, they can be joined by a unique length-minimizing geodesic-a state of the system is transformed to another nearby state by going through a uniquely determined flow that minimizes the energy. We also analyse for both metrics the breakdown of the geodesic flow. (Less)
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- Constantin, Adrian LU and Kolev, B
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- 51 - 79
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- 10.1088/0305-4470/35/32/201
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