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So Prop. 11.19 guarantees that the H 0 gradients <strong>of</strong> geometric energies haveonly a normal component w.r.to the curve — <strong>and</strong> this couples well with level setmethods.The horizontal version <strong>of</strong> H 0 is〈h 1 , h 2〉H 0,⊥ := ∫cπ N h 1 · π N h 2 ds (11.4)where π N h 1 (s) is the component <strong>of</strong> h 1 (s) that is orthogonal to c ′ (as was def<strong>in</strong>ed<strong>in</strong> Section 7.1); note that the action <strong>of</strong> this (semi)metric was already presented<strong>in</strong> eqn. (11.1).So a good paradigm is to th<strong>in</strong>k at the metric H 0 as∫∫ c h 1 · h 2 ds on M,c π Nh 1 · π N h 2 ds on B.Remark 11.21 The horizontal space W c is isometric (thru DΠ c ) with thetangent space T [c] B: this implies that we may decide to use W c <strong>and</strong> Π c as a“local chart” for B. If the metric is G = H 0 , this br<strong>in</strong>gs us back the chart 11.2;with other metrics, this process <strong>in</strong>stead def<strong>in</strong>es a novel choice <strong>of</strong> chart.The same reason<strong>in</strong>g above holds for the H A metric (from Sec. 9.2), <strong>and</strong> forthe F<strong>in</strong>sler metrics F 1 <strong>and</strong> F ∞ (from Section 7); <strong>in</strong> this latter case, we alreadypresented the horizontally projected version <strong>of</strong> the metrics.For all above reasons, it is common th<strong>in</strong>k<strong>in</strong>g that “a good movement <strong>of</strong> acurve is a movement that is orthogonal to the curve”. But, when us<strong>in</strong>g a differentmetric (as for example, the Sobolev-type metrics) the above is not true anymore.11.11 Horizontality accord<strong>in</strong>g to H jHorizontality accord<strong>in</strong>g to H j is a complex matter. To study the horizontallyprojected metric, we need to express the solution <strong>of</strong><strong>in</strong>f ‖h +bbc′ ‖ H j<strong>in</strong> closed form, <strong>and</strong> this needs (pseudo)differential operators: see [36] for details.We just remark that <strong>in</strong> this case, “a good movement <strong>of</strong> a curve is not necessarilya movement that is orthogonal to the curve.”11.12 Horizontality is for any group actionIn the above we studied the horizontality properties <strong>of</strong> the quotient B =M/Diff(S 1 ). But the theory works <strong>in</strong> general for any other quotient. So we mayapply the same study <strong>and</strong> ideas to further quotients (such as B/E(n)).98

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