Energy of a curve

In a pseudo-Riemannian manifold $(M,g)$ we define the energy of a curve $c:[0,1]\to M$ by

$$ l(c):=\int_0^1 g(c'(t),c'(t))dt $$

Related: length of a curve.

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Author of the notes: Antonio J. Pan-Collantes

antonio.pan@uca.es


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