%0 Journal Article %J Nonlinear Analysis %D 2017 %T Curvature terms in small time heat kernel expansion for a model class of hypoelliptic Hörmander operators %A Davide Barilari %A Elisa Paoli %K Curvature %K Hypoelliptic heat equation %K Small time asymptotics %X

We consider the heat equation associated with a class of second order hypoelliptic Hörmander operators with constant second order term and linear drift. We completely describe the small time heat kernel expansions on the diagonal giving a geometric characterization of the coefficients in terms of the divergence of the drift field and the curvature-like invariants of the optimal control problem associated with the diffusion operator.

%B Nonlinear Analysis %V 164 %P 118 - 134 %G eng %U http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0362546X17302298 %R https://doi.org/10.1016/j.na.2017.09.002 %0 Journal Article %J arXiv preprint arXiv:1602.08745 %D 2016 %T Volume geodesic distortion and Ricci curvature for Hamiltonian dynamics %A Andrei A. Agrachev %A Davide Barilari %A Elisa Paoli %B arXiv preprint arXiv:1602.08745 %G eng %0 Report %D 2013 %T The curvature: a variational approach %A Andrei A. Agrachev %A Davide Barilari %A Luca Rizzi %K Crurvature, subriemannian metric, optimal control problem %X The curvature discussed in this paper is a rather far going generalization of the Riemannian sectional curvature. We define it for a wide class of optimal control problems: a unified framework including geometric structures such as Riemannian, sub-Riemannian, Finsler and sub-Finsler structures; a special attention is paid to the sub-Riemannian (or Carnot-Caratheodory) metric spaces. Our construction of the curvature is direct and naive, and it is similar to the original approach of Riemann. Surprisingly, it works in a very general setting and, in particular, for all sub-Riemannian spaces. %I SISSA %G en %U http://hdl.handle.net/1963/7226 %1 7260 %2 Mathematics %4 1 %# MAT/03 GEOMETRIA %$ Submitted by Andrei Agrachev (agrachev@sissa.it) on 2013-12-03T08:46:32Z No. of bitstreams: 1 1306.5318v3.pdf: 991021 bytes, checksum: f99fb9f1455fa70fbca476e8fd2571af (MD5) %0 Journal Article %J SIAM J. Control Optim., 50 (2012) 559–582 %D 2012 %T On 2-step, corank 2 nilpotent sub-Riemannian metrics %A Davide Barilari %A Ugo Boscain %A Jean-Paul Gauthier %X In this paper we study the nilpotent 2-step, corank 2 sub-Riemannian metrics\\r\\nthat are nilpotent approximations of general sub-Riemannian metrics. We exhibit optimal syntheses for these problems. It turns out that in general the cut time is not equal to the first conjugate time but has a simple explicit expression. As a byproduct of this study we get some smoothness properties of the spherical Hausdorff measure in the case of a generic 6 dimensional, 2-step corank 2 sub-Riemannian metric. %B SIAM J. Control Optim., 50 (2012) 559–582 %I Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics %G en %U http://hdl.handle.net/1963/6065 %1 5950 %2 Mathematics %3 Functional Analysis and Applications %4 -1 %$ Submitted by Andrea Wehrenfennig (andreaw@sissa.it) on 2012-08-01T12:38:52Z\\nNo. of bitstreams: 1\\n1105.5766v2.pdf: 271835 bytes, checksum: 0836f63f262f14fbd4d44422b6c85686 (MD5) %R 10.1137/110835700 %0 Journal Article %J Analysis and Geometry in Metric Spaces, vol. 1 (2012), pages : 42-57 %D 2012 %T A formula for Popp\'s volume in sub-Riemannian geometry %A Luca Rizzi %A Davide Barilari %K subriemannian, volume, Popp, control %X For an equiregular sub-Riemannian manifold M, Popp\'s volume is a smooth\r\nvolume which is canonically associated with the sub-Riemannian structure, and\r\nit is a natural generalization of the Riemannian one. In this paper we prove a\r\ngeneral formula for Popp\'s volume, written in terms of a frame adapted to the\r\nsub-Riemannian distribution. As a first application of this result, we prove an\r\nexplicit formula for the canonical sub-Laplacian, namely the one associated\r\nwith Popp\'s volume. Finally, we discuss sub-Riemannian isometries, and we prove\r\nthat they preserve Popp\'s volume. We also show that, under some hypotheses on\r\nthe action of the isometry group of M, Popp\'s volume is essentially the unique\r\nvolume with such a property. %B Analysis and Geometry in Metric Spaces, vol. 1 (2012), pages : 42-57 %I SISSA %G en %U http://hdl.handle.net/1963/6501 %1 6446 %2 Mathematics %4 1 %# MAT/03 GEOMETRIA %$ Submitted by Luca Rizzi (lrizzi@sissa.it) on 2013-02-27T08:20:17Z\nNo. of bitstreams: 2\n1211.2325v2.pdf: 219748 bytes, checksum: 03a6289f4ee77387ad54e210dbb84b60 (MD5)\nagms-2012-0004.pdf: 1247984 bytes, checksum: 137bd44ed6f06bbbe02ed9dae33ab42a (MD5) %R 10.2478/agms-2012-0004 %0 Journal Article %J Calculus of Variations and Partial Differential Equations. Volume 43, Issue 3-4, March 2012, Pages 355-388 %D 2012 %T On the Hausdorff volume in sub-Riemannian geometry %A Andrei A. Agrachev %A Davide Barilari %A Ugo Boscain %X For a regular sub-Riemannian manifold we study the Radon-Nikodym derivative\r\nof the spherical Hausdorff measure with respect to a smooth volume. We prove\r\nthat this is the volume of the unit ball in the nilpotent approximation and it\r\nis always a continuous function. We then prove that up to dimension 4 it is\r\nsmooth, while starting from dimension 5, in corank 1 case, it is C^3 (and C^4\r\non every smooth curve) but in general not C^5. These results answer to a\r\nquestion addressed by Montgomery about the relation between two intrinsic\r\nvolumes that can be defined in a sub-Riemannian manifold, namely the Popp and\r\nthe Hausdorff volume. If the nilpotent approximation depends on the point (that\r\nmay happen starting from dimension 5), then they are not proportional, in\r\ngeneral. %B Calculus of Variations and Partial Differential Equations. Volume 43, Issue 3-4, March 2012, Pages 355-388 %I SISSA %G en %U http://hdl.handle.net/1963/6454 %1 6399 %2 Mathematics %4 1 %# MAT/05 ANALISI MATEMATICA %$ Submitted by Andrei Agrachev (agrachev@sissa.it) on 2013-02-05T13:55:36Z\r\nNo. of bitstreams: 1\r\n1005.0540v3.pdf: 352986 bytes, checksum: 7d3e71cad3c7ff917dc8769ba4cd96c5 (MD5) %R 10.1007/s00526-011-0414-y %0 Report %D 2012 %T Introduction to Riemannian and sub-Riemannian geometry %A Andrei A. Agrachev %A Davide Barilari %A Ugo Boscain %I SISSA %G en %U http://hdl.handle.net/1963/5877 %1 5747 %2 Mathematics %3 Functional Analysis and Applications %4 -1 %$ Submitted by Maria Pia Calandra (calapia@sissa.it) on 2012-05-30T13:23:26Z\r\nNo. of bitstreams: 1\r\n09M_2012_Barilari.pdf: 1146702 bytes, checksum: 28492a78df0fdf2435dd0606fdfc78f5 (MD5) %0 Journal Article %J Journal of Dynamical and Control Systems. Volume 18, Issue 1, January 2012, Pages 21-44 %D 2012 %T Sub-Riemannian structures on 3D Lie groups %A Andrei A. Agrachev %A Davide Barilari %X

We give a complete classification of left-invariant sub-Riemannian structures on three dimensional Lie groups in terms of the basic differential invariants. As a corollary we explicitly find a sub-Riemannian isometry between the nonisomorphic Lie groups $SL(2)$ and $A^+(\mathbb{R})\times S^1$, where $A^+(\mathbb{R})$ denotes the group of orientation preserving affine maps on the real line.

%B Journal of Dynamical and Control Systems. Volume 18, Issue 1, January 2012, Pages 21-44 %I SISSA %G en %U http://hdl.handle.net/1963/6453 %1 6397 %2 Mathematics %4 1 %# MAT/03 GEOMETRIA %$ Submitted by Andrei Agrachev (agrachev@sissa.it) on 2013-02-05T13:48:29Z\r\nNo. of bitstreams: 1\r\n1007.4970v2.pdf: 453953 bytes, checksum: 4330325299743bad4afe9f1ac7121e21 (MD5) %R 10.1007/s10883-012-9133-8 %0 Thesis %D 2011 %T Invariants, volumes and heat kernels in sub-Riemannian geometry %A Davide Barilari %K Sub-Riemannian geometry %X Sub-Riemannian geometry can be seen as a generalization of Riemannian geometry under non-holonomic constraints. From the theoretical point of view, sub-Riemannian geometry is the geometry underlying the theory of hypoelliptic operators (see [32, 57, 70, 92] and references therein) and many problems of geometric measure theory (see for instance [18, 79]). In applications it appears in the study of many mechanical problems (robotics, cars with trailers, etc.) and recently in modern elds of research such as mathematical models of human behaviour, quantum control or motion of self-propulsed micro-organism (see for instance [15, 29, 34])\\r\\nVery recently, it appeared in the eld of cognitive neuroscience to model the\\r\\nfunctional architecture of the area V1 of the primary visual cortex, as proposed by Petitot in [87, 86], and then by Citti and Sarti in [51]. In this context, the sub-Riemannian heat equation has been used as basis to new applications in image reconstruction (see [35]). %I SISSA %G en %U http://hdl.handle.net/1963/6124 %1 6005 %2 Mathematics %3 Functional Analysis and Applications %4 -1 %$ Submitted by Maria Pia Calandra (calapia@sissa.it) on 2012-08-08T07:49:33Z\\nNo. of bitstreams: 1\\nPhD_Thesis_Barilari.pdf: 924464 bytes, checksum: dd34c4627062993f1d72d4c7eff914e6 (MD5)