On geodesic equivalence of Riemannian metrics and sub-Riemannian metrics on distributions of corank 1

dc.creatorZelenko, Igor
dc.date2004-06-07
dc.date.accessioned2026-07-07T05:08:56Z
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dc.descriptionThe present paper is devoted to the problem of (local) geodesic equivalence of Riemannian metrics and sub-Riemannian metrics on generic corank 1 distributions. Using Pontryagin Maximum Principle, we treat Riemannian and sub-Riemannian cases in an unified way and obtain some algebraic necessary conditions for the geodesic equivalence of (sub-)Riemannian metrics. In this way first we obtain a new elementary proof of classical Levi-Civita's Theorem about the classification of all Riemannian geodesically equivalent metrics in a neighborhood of so-called regular (stable) point w.r.t. these metrics. Secondly we prove that sub-Riemannian metrics on contact distributions are geodesically equivalent iff they are constantly proportional. Then we describe all geodesically equivalent sub-Riemannian metrics on quasi-contact distributions. Finally we make the classification of all pairs of geodesically equivalent Riemannian metrics on a surface, which proportional in an isolated point. This is the simplest case, which was not covered by Levi-Civita's Theorem.
dc.description30 pages, to appear in "Journal of Mathematical Sciences"
dc.identifierhttps://arxiv.org/abs/math/0406111
dc.identifierhttp://arxiv.org/abs/math/0406111
dc.identifier.urihttp://salesiana.dossiersoluciones.com/handle/123456789/71457
dc.subjectDifferential Geometry
dc.subject53C17, 53D25
dc.titleOn geodesic equivalence of Riemannian metrics and sub-Riemannian metrics on distributions of corank 1
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