Velimir Jurdjevic

4.2k total citations · 2 hit papers
37 papers, 2.6k citations indexed

About

Velimir Jurdjevic is a scholar working on Geometry and Topology, Statistical and Nonlinear Physics and Mathematical Physics. According to data from OpenAlex, Velimir Jurdjevic has authored 37 papers receiving a total of 2.6k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 14 papers in Geometry and Topology, 13 papers in Statistical and Nonlinear Physics and 9 papers in Mathematical Physics. Recurrent topics in Velimir Jurdjevic's work include Nonlinear Waves and Solitons (10 papers), Geometric Analysis and Curvature Flows (7 papers) and Homotopy and Cohomology in Algebraic Topology (7 papers). Velimir Jurdjevic is often cited by papers focused on Nonlinear Waves and Solitons (10 papers), Geometric Analysis and Curvature Flows (7 papers) and Homotopy and Cohomology in Algebraic Topology (7 papers). Velimir Jurdjevic collaborates with scholars based in Canada, United States and Portugal. Velimir Jurdjevic's co-authors include Héctor J. Sussmann, John Paul Quinn, Ivan Kupka, Gauthier Sallet, Bernard Bonnard, James Biggs, William Holderbaum, F. Silva Leite, Irina Markina and Krzysztof Krakowski and has published in prestigious journals such as SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología, IEEE Transactions on Automatic Control and Annals of Mathematics.

In The Last Decade

Velimir Jurdjevic

32 papers receiving 2.3k citations

Hit Papers

Geometric Control Theory 1972 2026 1990 2008 1996 1972 200 400 600
What are hit papers?

Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if it has ≥500 total citations, achieves ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (this is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it), or reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

  1. Geometric Control Theory
    1996 740 citations Velimir Jurdjevic profile →
  2. Controllability of nonlinear systems
    1972 532 citations Héctor J. Sussmann, Velimir Jurdjevic Journal of Differential Equations profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

Peers by citation overlap · career bar shows stage (early→late) cites · hero ref

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Velimir Jurdjevic Canada 17 1.3k 534 502 354 334 37 2.6k
Andrei Agrachev Italy 24 999 0.8× 890 1.7× 369 0.7× 440 1.2× 70 0.2× 104 2.8k
P.E. Crouch United States 22 979 0.8× 297 0.6× 309 0.6× 118 0.3× 32 0.1× 116 2.0k
Michael Spivak United States 5 225 0.2× 677 1.3× 307 0.6× 394 1.1× 110 0.3× 9 2.4k
Jan A. Sanders Netherlands 20 479 0.4× 888 1.7× 1.5k 2.9× 245 0.7× 243 0.7× 70 2.9k
Ugo Boscain France 22 264 0.2× 304 0.6× 332 0.7× 327 0.9× 915 2.7× 97 2.0k
John Mallet‐Paret United States 36 1.3k 1.1× 588 1.1× 1.2k 2.4× 666 1.9× 81 0.2× 75 4.6k
Andrew J. Sommese United States 31 567 0.4× 1.6k 3.1× 241 0.5× 838 2.4× 74 0.2× 162 3.8k
Roger W. Brockett United States 21 776 0.6× 115 0.2× 415 0.8× 102 0.3× 563 1.7× 58 2.4k
Solomon Lefschetz United States 12 504 0.4× 341 0.6× 469 0.9× 154 0.4× 108 0.3× 39 1.8k
Wolfgang Hahn Germany 13 1.2k 0.9× 228 0.4× 364 0.7× 94 0.3× 47 0.1× 45 2.2k

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Jurdjevic, Velimir. (2024). Time optimal problems on Lie groups and applications to quantum control. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 16(2). 345–387.
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Jurdjevic, Velimir, Irina Markina, & F. Silva Leite. (2023). Symmetric Spaces Rolling on Flat Spaces. Journal of Geometric Analysis. 33(3). 5 indexed citations
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Jurdjevic, Velimir. (2023). Lie Algebras and Integrable Systems: Elastic Curves and Rolling Geodesics. Proceedings of the Steklov Institute of Mathematics. 321(1). 117–142.
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Jurdjevic, Velimir. (2021). Kowalewski top and complex Lie algebras. Analysis and Mathematical Physics. 11(4). 2 indexed citations
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Jurdjevic, Velimir. (2013). Affine-quadratic problems on Lie groups. Mathematical Control and Related Fields. 3(3). 347–374. 1 indexed citations
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Jurdjevic, Velimir, et al.. (2008). Rolling sphere problems on spaces of constant curvature. Mathematical Proceedings of the Cambridge Philosophical Society. 144(3). 729–747. 21 indexed citations
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Jurdjevic, Velimir. (2005). Integrable Hamiltonian systems on complex Lie groups. Memoirs of the American Mathematical Society. 178(838). 0–0. 26 indexed citations
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Jurdjevic, Velimir. (2003). The algebraic Riccati equation and the singular control problem. 9. 2387–2389.
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Jurdjevic, Velimir. (1995). Casimir elements and optimal control. Banach Center Publications. 32(1). 261–275. 2 indexed citations
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Jurdjevic, Velimir, et al.. (1989). Optimality of extremals for linear systems with quadratic costs. Journal of Mathematical Analysis and Applications. 143(1). 86–108. 10 indexed citations
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Jurdjevic, Velimir & Ivan Kupka. (1985). Polynomial control systems. Mathematische Annalen. 272(3). 361–368. 33 indexed citations
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Jurdjevic, Velimir. (1984). Controllability properties of affine systems. 787–789. 1 indexed citations
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Jurdjevic, Velimir. (1983). Polynomial control systems. 31. 904–906. 9 indexed citations
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Bonnard, Bernard, Velimir Jurdjevic, Ivan Kupka, & Gauthier Sallet. (1982). Transitivity of families of invariant vector fields on the semidirect products of Lie groups. Transactions of the American Mathematical Society. 271(2). 525–535. 33 indexed citations
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Jurdjevic, Velimir & Ivan Kupka. (1981). Control systems subordinated to a group action: Accessibility. Journal of Differential Equations. 39(2). 186–211. 38 indexed citations
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Jurdjevic, Velimir & Ivan Kupka. (1981). Control systems on semi-simple Lie groups and their homogeneous spaces. Annales de l’institut Fourier. 31(4). 151–179. 78 indexed citations
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Jurdjevic, Velimir & John Paul Quinn. (1978). Controllability and stability. Journal of Differential Equations. 28(3). 381–389. 348 indexed citations
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Sussmann, Héctor J. & Velimir Jurdjevic. (1972). Controllability of nonlinear systems. Journal of Differential Equations. 12(1). 95–116. 532 indexed citations breakdown →
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Jurdjevic, Velimir & Héctor J. Sussmann. (1972). Control systems on Lie groups. Journal of Differential Equations. 12(2). 313–329. 385 indexed citations

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