Seminario de Pre-Lectura de Tesis 
 
Título: "Geometric and numerical analysis of nonholonomic systems" 
 
Ponente: Alexandre Anahory Simoes (ICMAT-UAM). 
 
Directores: David Martín de Diego (ICMAT-CSIC) y Juan Carlos Marrero (Universidad de La Laguna). 
 
Abstract: In this thesis, we deduced new geometric and analytical properties 
of nonholonomic systems which hopefully will provide a new insight into the subject. Firstly, we define 
the nonholonomic exponential map which plays a role in the 
description of nonholonomic trajectories as well as on applications to numerical 
analysis. After introducing this new object, the thesis may be divided 
into two parts. In the first part, we present new geometric properties of mechanical nonholonomic 
systems such as the existence of a constrained Riemannian manifold 
containing radial nonholonomic trajectories with fixed starting point and on 
which they are geodesics. This is a new and surprising result because it 
opens the possibility of applying variational techniques to nonholonomic dynamics, 
which is commonly seen to be non-variational in nature. Also, we 
introduce the notion of nonholonomic Jacobi field and provide a nonholonomic 
Jacobi equation. In the second part, which is more applied, we use the nonholonomic 
exponential map to characterize the exact discrete trajectory of 
nonholonomic systems and propose a numerical method 
that is able to generate the exact trajectory. Finally, we apply the nonholonomic exponential map to 
construct an exact discrete Lagrangian function for discrete contact systems.
Fecha: 27 de Julio, 17:00 (hora peninsular) 
ID de Reunión: 876 3984 8330 
Contraseña:  836736 
Enlace: 
https://us06web.zoom.us/j/87639848330?pwd=THZzeEgwT1lZRzgySmR3L0NCUXJYZz09