Special Session 20: Control and Optimization: new developments and applications

On Affine Equivalence of sub-Riemannian Metrics on Step 2 Distributions

Zaifeng Lin
Texas A&M University
USA
Co-Author(s):    Igor Zelenko
Abstract:
The classical result of Eisenhart states that if a Riemannian metric g admits a Riemannian metric that is not constantly proportional to $g$ and has the same (parameterized) geodesics as $g$ in a neighborhood of a given point, then $g$ is a direct product of two Riemannian metrics in this neighborhood. The talk is devoted to describing the extension of this result to sub-Riemannian metrics on a class of step 2 distributions.