Conversation started Nov 13, 2018 at 23:59.
Nov 13, 2018 23:59
What is the geometric interpretation of the integral of the squared velocity over time of a trajectory?
For example, the integral of the norm of the velocity over time would be the arc length.
The integral of the norm of the acceleration over time would be the total absolute curvature.
@user76284 this is called the "energy" of a curve
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@s.harp Exactly what I was looking for
Thanks
@s.harp I can't do my averaging trick if my group is not abelian right
because I find out I need to use right invariance...
maybe I defined things wrongly
@Leaky I'm not sure what your averaging trick is, but usually you can't do averaging tricks if the group is not compact
non-abelian is not a problem
 
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