Abstract
We study the control system of a Riemannian manifold M of dimension n rolling on the sphere $$S^n$$ . The controllability of this system is described in terms of the holonomy of a vector bundle connection which, we prove, is isomorphic to the Riemannian holonomy group of the cone C(M) of M. Using Berger’s list, we reduce the possible holonomies to a few families. In particular, we focus on the cases where the holonomy is the unitary and the symplectic group. In the first case, using the rolling formalism, we construct explicitly a Sasakian structure on M; and in the second case, we construct a 3-Sasakian structure on M.
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