title: The geometric minimum action method for computing minimum energy paths.
abstract: An algorithm is proposed to calculate the minimum energy path (MEP). The algorithm is based on a variational formulation in which the MEP is characterized as the curve minimizing a certain functional. The algorithm performs this minimization using a preconditioned steepest-descent scheme with a reparametrization step to enforce a constraint on the curve parametrization.
authors.affiliation: Courant Institute of Mathematical Sciences, New York University, New York, New York 10012, USA. eve2@cims.nyu.edu
authors.forename: Eric
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Vanden-Eijnden
authors.forename: Matthias
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Heymann