Minimum Action Curves in Degenerate Finsler Metrics

Existence and Properties

Nonfiction, Science & Nature, Mathematics, Geometry, Statistics
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Author: Matthias Heymann ISBN: 9783319177533
Publisher: Springer International Publishing Publication: July 8, 2015
Imprint: Springer Language: English
Author: Matthias Heymann
ISBN: 9783319177533
Publisher: Springer International Publishing
Publication: July 8, 2015
Imprint: Springer
Language: English

Presenting a study of geometric action functionals (i.e., non-negative functionals on the space of unparameterized oriented rectifiable curves), this monograph focuses on the subclass of those functionals whose local action is a degenerate type of Finsler metric that may vanish in certain directions, allowing for curves with positive Euclidean length but with zero action. For such functionals, criteria are developed under which there exists a minimum action curve leading from one given set to another. Then the properties of this curve are studied, and the non-existence of minimizers is established in some settings.

Applied to a geometric reformulation of the quasipotential of Wentzell-Freidlin theory (a subfield of large deviation theory), these results can yield the existence and properties of maximum likelihood transition curves between two metastable states in a stochastic process with small noise.

The book assumes only standard knowledge in graduate-level analysis; all higher-level mathematical concepts are introduced along the way.

 

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Presenting a study of geometric action functionals (i.e., non-negative functionals on the space of unparameterized oriented rectifiable curves), this monograph focuses on the subclass of those functionals whose local action is a degenerate type of Finsler metric that may vanish in certain directions, allowing for curves with positive Euclidean length but with zero action. For such functionals, criteria are developed under which there exists a minimum action curve leading from one given set to another. Then the properties of this curve are studied, and the non-existence of minimizers is established in some settings.

Applied to a geometric reformulation of the quasipotential of Wentzell-Freidlin theory (a subfield of large deviation theory), these results can yield the existence and properties of maximum likelihood transition curves between two metastable states in a stochastic process with small noise.

The book assumes only standard knowledge in graduate-level analysis; all higher-level mathematical concepts are introduced along the way.

 

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