Geometric conditions for the existence of an intrinsic rolling

Details Geometric conditions for the existence of an intrinsic rolling Geometric conditions for the existence of an intrinsic rolling

2011-11-03

arxiv.org/abs/1111.0752v1

Mathematics

Differential Geometry

17 pages, 1 figure

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We give a complete answer to the question of when two curves in two different Riemannian manifolds can be seen as trajectories of rolling one manifold on the other without twisting or slipping. We show that up to technical hypotheses, a rolling along these curves exists if and only if the geodesic curvatures of each curve coincide. By using the anti-developments of the curves, which we claim can seen of as a generalization of the geodesic curvatures, we are able to extend the result to arbitrary absolutely continuous curves. For a manifold of constant sectional curvature rolling on itself, two such curves can only differ by an isometry. In the case of surfaces, we give conditions for when loops in the manifolds lift to loops in the configuration space of the rolling.

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