Legendre singularities of sub-Riemannian geodesics associated to Riemannian surfaces
Let $M$ be a surface with a Riemannian metric and $UM$ the unit tangent bundle over $M$ with the canonical contact sub-Riemannian structure $D \subset T(UM)$. In this paper, the complete local classification of singularities, under the Legendre projection $UM \to M$, is given for sub-Riemannian geodesics of $(UM, D)$. Legendre singularities of sub-Riemannian geodesics are classified completely also for another Legendre projection from $UM$ to the space of Riemannian geodesics on $M$. The duality on Legendre singularities is observed related to the pendulum motion.
Authors
- Yumiko Kitagawa (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1367-1965)
- Goo Ishikawa (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2283-0756)
Institutions
- Hokkaido University (JP)
- National Institute of Technology, Oita College (JP)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Journal of the Mathematical Society of Japan
- Published
- 2025-09-09
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.2969/jmsj/93509350
- Primary Topic
- Advanced Differential Geometry Research
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00