Cuspless Sub-Riemannian Geodesics within the Euclidean Motion Group SE(d)
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چکیده
We consider the problem Pcurve of minimizing ∫ ` 0 √ β 2 + |κ(s)|2ds for a planar curve having fixed initial and final positions and directions. Here κ is the curvature of the curve with free total length `. This problem comes from a 2D model of geometry of vision due to Petitot, Citti and Sarti. Here we will provide a general theory on cuspless sub-Riemannian geodesics within a sub-Riemannian manifold in SE(d), with d ≥ 2, where we solve for their momentum in the general ddimensional case. We will explicitly solve the curve optimization problem Pcurve in 2D (i.e. d = 2) with a corresponding cuspless sub-Riemannian geodesic lifted problem defined on a sub-Riemannian manifold within SE(2). We also derive the solutions of Pcurve in 3D (i.e. d = 3) with a corresponding cuspless sub-Riemannian geodesic problem defined on a sub-Riemannian manifold within SE(3). Besides exact formulas for cuspless sub-Riemannian geodesics, we derive their geometric properties, and we provide a full analysis of the range of admissible end-conditions. Furthermore, we apply this analysis to the modeling of association fields in neurophysiology.
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