## Taiwanese Journal of Mathematics

### Semi-Riemannian Geometry with Nonholonomic Constraints

#### Abstract

In the present article the geometry of semi-Riemannian manifolds with nonholonomic constraints is studied. These manifolds can be considered as analogues to the sub-Riemannian manifolds, where the positive definite metric is substituted by a nondegenerate metric. We study properties of the exponential map, the Christoffel symbols and other differential operators are introduced. We study solutions of the Hamiltonian system and their projections into the underlying manifold. The explicit formulae were found for a specific example of a semi-Riemannian manifold with nonholonomic constraints.

#### Article information

Source
Taiwanese J. Math., Volume 15, Number 4 (2011), 1581-1616.

Dates
First available in Project Euclid: 18 July 2017

Permanent link to this document
https://projecteuclid.org/euclid.twjm/1500406366

Digital Object Identifier
doi:10.11650/twjm/1500406366

Mathematical Reviews number (MathSciNet)
MR2848976

Zentralblatt MATH identifier
1242.53089

#### Citation

Korolko, Anna; Markina, Irina. Semi-Riemannian Geometry with Nonholonomic Constraints. Taiwanese J. Math. 15 (2011), no. 4, 1581--1616. doi:10.11650/twjm/1500406366. https://projecteuclid.org/euclid.twjm/1500406366

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