TY - JOUR T1 - Spectral analysis and the Aharonov-Bohm effect on certain almost-Riemannian manifolds JF - Communications in Partial Differential Equations Y1 - 2016 A1 - Ugo Boscain A1 - Dario Prandi A1 - M. Seri AB -

We study spectral properties of the Laplace-Beltrami operator on two relevant almost-Riemannian manifolds, namely the Grushin structures on the cylinder and on the sphere. This operator contains first order diverging terms caused by the divergence of the volume. We get explicit descriptions of the spectrum and the eigenfunctions. In particular in both cases we get a Weyl's law with leading term Elog E. We then study the drastic effect of Aharonov-Bohm magnetic potentials on the spectral properties. Other generalized Riemannian structures including conic and anti-conic type manifolds are also studied. In this case, the Aharonov-Bohm magnetic potential may affect the self-adjointness of the Laplace-Beltrami operator.

PB - Taylor & Francis VL - 41 UR - https://doi.org/10.1080/03605302.2015.1095766 ER - TY - JOUR T1 - Complexity of Control-Affine Motion Planning JF - SIAM Journal on Control and Optimization Y1 - 2015 A1 - Jean, F. A1 - Dario Prandi AB -

In this paper we study the complexity of the motion planning problem for control-affine systems. Such complexities are already defined and rather well understood in the particular case of nonholonomic (or sub-Riemannian) systems. Our aim is to generalize these notions and results to systems with a drift. Accordingly, we present various definitions of complexity, as functions of the curve that is approximated, and of the precision of the approximation. Due to the lack of time-rescaling invariance of these systems, we consider geometric and parametrized curves separately. Then, we give some asymptotic estimates for these quantities. As a byproduct, we are able to treat the long time local controllability problem, giving quantitative estimates on the cost of stabilizing the system near a nonequilibrium point of the drift.

VL - 53 UR - https://doi.org/10.1137/130950793 ER - TY - THES T1 - Geometry and analysis of control-affine systems: motion planning, heat and Schrödinger evolution Y1 - 2014 A1 - Dario Prandi KW - control theory AB - This thesis is dedicated to two problems arising from geometric control theory, regarding control-affine systems $\dot q= f_0(q)+\sum_{j=1}^m u_j f_j(q)$, where $f_0$ is called the drift. In the first part we extend the concept of complexity of non-admissible trajectories, well understood for sub-Riemannian systems, to this more general case, and find asymptotic estimates. In order to do this, we also prove a result in the same spirit as the Ball-Box theorem for sub-Riemannian systems, in the context of control-affine systems equipped with the L1 cost. Then, in the second part of the thesis, we consider a family of 2-dimensional driftless control systems. For these, we study how the set where the control vector fields become collinear affects the diffusion dynamics. More precisely, we study whether solutions to the heat and Schrödinger equations associated with this Laplace-Beltrami operator are able to cross this singularity, and how its the presence affects the spectral properties of the operator, in particular under a magnetic Aharonov–Bohm-type perturbation. PB - SISSA UR - http://urania.sissa.it/xmlui/handle/1963/7474 U1 - 7576 U2 - Mathematics U4 - 1 U5 - MAT/05 ER - TY - JOUR T1 - Hölder equivalence of the value function for control-affine systems JF - ESAIM: Control, Optimisation and Calculus of Variations Y1 - 2014 A1 - Dario Prandi PB - EDP Sciences VL - 20 ER - TY - JOUR T1 - Self-adjoint extensions and stochastic completeness of the Laplace-Beltrami operator on conic and anticonic surfaces Y1 - 2013 A1 - Ugo Boscain A1 - Dario Prandi ER -