Published July 30, 2010 | Version v1
Journal article

Variational problems for plane curves in centro-affine geometry

Creators

  • 1. Dipartimento di Matematica, Politecnico di Torino, Corso Duca degli Abruzzi 24, I-10100, Torino (Italy)

Description

In this paper closed extremals of variational problems defined by quadratic polynomials in the centro-affine curvature are considered. The closure of the trajectories is discussed and the existence of countably many closed critical curves is proven. The geometrical properties of closed trajectories are analyzed by numerical methods.

Availability note (English)

Available from http://dx.doi.org/10.1088/1751-8113/43/30/305206

Additional details

Identifiers

DOI
10.1088/1751-8113/43/30/305206;
PII
S1751-8113(10)40848-3;

Publishing Information

Journal Title
Journal of Physics. A, Mathematical and Theoretical (Online)
Journal Volume
43
Journal Issue
30
Journal Page Range
[24 p.]
ISSN
1751-8121

INIS

Country of Publication
United Kingdom
Country of Input or Organization
International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)
INIS RN
42037088
Subject category
S97: MATHEMATICAL METHODS AND COMPUTING;
Descriptors DEI
ALGORITHMS; GEOMETRY; POLYNOMIALS; TRAJECTORIES; VARIATIONAL METHODS
Descriptors DEC
CALCULATION METHODS; FUNCTIONS; MATHEMATICAL LOGIC; MATHEMATICS