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Geometric, Control and Numerical Aspects of Nonholonomic Systems

By Jorge Cortes

Book information

Publisher
Springer
Year
2002
ISBN
3540441549, 9783540441540
LCC
QA614.833
Google Books ID
xGbgaiyDdOYC
Open Library ID
OL15524640M
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
2 MB (1684330 bytes)
Series
Lecture notes in mathematics volume 1793
Edition
1
Pages
235\235
Orientation
yes
Scanned
no
Time added
2012-02-14 18:00:00

Description

Nonholonomic systems are a widespread topic in several scientific and commercial domains, including robotics, locomotion and space exploration. This work sheds new light on this interdisciplinary character through the investigation of a variety of aspects coming from several disciplines. The main aim is to illustrate the idea that a better understanding of the geometric structures of mechanical systems unveils new and unknown aspects to them, and helps both analysis and design to solve standing problems and identify new challenges. In this way, separate areas of research such as Classical Mechanics, Differential Geometry, Numerical Analysis or Control Theory are brought together in this study of nonholonomic systems.

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