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arxiv: 1609.03704 · v1 · pith:NGESP2QKnew · submitted 2016-09-13 · 🧮 math.OC

Relation between Euler's Elasticae and Sub-Riemannian Geodesics on SE(2)

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In this note we describe a relation between Euler's elasticae and sub-Riemannian geodesics on SE(2). Analyzing the Hamiltonian system of Pontryagin maximum principle we show that these two curves coincide only in the case when they are segments of a straight line.

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