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The left-invariant sub-Riemannian problem on the Engel group is considered. This problem is very important as nilpotent approximation of nonholonomic systems in four-dimensional space with two-dimensional control, for instance of a system which describes motion of mobile robot with a trailer. We study local optimality of extremal trajectories and estimate conjugate time in this article.
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Translated from Sovremennaya Matematika i Ee Prilozheniya (Contemporary Mathematics and Its Applications), Vol. 82, Nonlinear Control and Singularities, 2012.
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Ardentov, A.A., Sachkov, Y.L. Conjugate points in nilpotent sub-Riemannian problem on the Engel group. J Math Sci 195, 369–390 (2013). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10958-013-1584-2
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