Detailed Information on Publication Record
2024
Spherical Pedal Coordinates and Calculus of Variations
BLASCHKE, PetrBasic information
Original name
Spherical Pedal Coordinates and Calculus of Variations
Authors
Edition
978-3-031-62406-3. Cham, Switzerland, Geometric Methods in Physics XL, Trends in Mathematics, p. 209-221, 13 pp. 2024
Publisher
Birkhäuser Cham
Other information
Language
English
Type of outcome
Stať ve sborníku
Field of Study
10101 Pure mathematics
Country of publisher
Switzerland
Confidentiality degree
není předmětem státního či obchodního tajemství
Publication form
printed version "print"
References:
Organization unit
Mathematical Institute in Opava
ISBN
978-3-031-62406-3
ISSN
UT WoS
001308717200016
Keywords in English
Calculus of variation; Classical mechanics; Pedal coordinates; Spherical pedal coordinates
Tags
Tags
International impact, Reviewed
Links
GA21-27941S, research and development project.
Změněno: 30/1/2025 13:05, Mgr. Aleš Ryšavý
Abstract
V originále
Planar curves can be described in terms of pedal coordinates. We will introduce a generalization of this notion for curves on a sphere in Euclidean space. It is observed that certain problems in the calculus of variations can be solved with the help of these coordinates [1]. In particular, we show how the notion of spherical pedal coordinates can be used to solve the spherical version of isoperimetric problems and the problem of brachistochrone.