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Let H be a closed subgroup of a connected finite-dimensional Lie group G, where the canonical projection π : G → G/H is a Riemannian submersion with respect to a bi-invariant Riemannian metric on G. Given a C∞ curve x : [a, b] → G/H, let \(\tilde {x}:[a,b]\rightarrow G\) be the horizontal lifting of x with \(\tilde {x}(a)=e\), where e denotes the identity of G. When (G, H) is a Riemannian symmetric pair, we prove that the left Lie reduction\(V(t):=\tilde x(t)^{-1}\dot {\tilde x}(t)\) of \(\dot {\tilde x}(t)\) for t ∈ [a, b] can be identified with the parallel pullbackP(t) of the velocity vector \(\dot {x}(t)\) from x(t) to x(a) along x. Then left Lie reductions are used to investigate Riemannian cubics, Riemannian cubics in tension and elastica in homogeneous spaces G/H. Simplifications of reduced equations are found when (G, H) is a Riemannian symmetric pair. These equations are compared with equations known for curves in Lie groups, focusing on the special case of Riemannian cubics in the 3-dimensional unit sphere S3.
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Zhang, E., Noakes, L. Left Lie reduction for curves in homogeneous spaces. Adv Comput Math 44, 1673–1686 (2018). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10444-018-9601-0
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