Editing Geodesic (section)

=== Biology ===

* The study of how the [[nervous system]] optimizes muscular movement may be approached by endowing a [[Configuration space (physics)|configuration space]] of the body with a [[Riemannian metric]] that measures the effort, so that the problem can be stated in terms of geodesy.<ref>{{Cite journal |last1=Neilson |first1=Peter D. |last2=Neilson |first2=Megan D. |last3=Bye |first3=Robin T. |date=2015-12-01 |title=A Riemannian geometry theory of human movement: The geodesic synergy hypothesis |url=https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0167945715300208 |journal=Human Movement Science |volume=44 |pages=42–72 |doi=10.1016/j.humov.2015.08.010 |pmid=26302481 |issn=0167-9457}}</ref>
* [[Geodesic distance]] is often used to measure the length of paths for signal propagation in neurons.<ref>{{Cite journal |last1=Beshkov |first1=Kosio |last2=Tiesinga |first2=Paul |date=2022-02-01 |title=Geodesic-based distance reveals nonlinear topological features in neural activity from mouse visual cortex |url=https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s00422-021-00906-5 |journal=Biological Cybernetics |language=en |volume=116 |issue=1 |pages=53–68 |doi=10.1007/s00422-021-00906-5 |pmid=34816322 |issn=1432-0770}}</ref>
* The structures of geodesics in large molecules plays a role in the study of [[protein folds]].<ref>{{Cite journal |last1=Zanotti |first1=Giuseppe |last2=Guerra |first2=Concettina |date=2003-01-16 |title=Is tensegrity a unifying concept of protein folds? |url=https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S001457930203853X |journal=FEBS Letters |volume=534 |issue=1 |pages=7–10 |doi=10.1016/S0014-5793(02)03853-X |pmid=12527354 |bibcode=2003FEBSL.534....7Z |issn=0014-5793}}</ref>