Abstract:
In this note we describe a relation between Euler’s elasticae and sub-Riemannian geodesics on SE(2). Analyzing the Hamiltonian system of the Pontryagin maximum principle, we show that these two curves coincide only in the case when they are segments of a straight line.
Keywords:
elastica, sub-Riemannian geodesic, group of rototranslations.
Citation:
Alexey Mashtakov, Andrei Ardentov, Yuri L. Sachkov, “Relation Between Euler’s Elasticae and Sub-Riemannian Geodesics on SE(2)”, Regul. Chaotic Dyn., 21:7-8 (2016), 832–839