Given a unital C*-algebra $$\mathcal{A}$$ and a right C*-module $$\mathcal{X}$$ over $$\mathcal{A}$$ , we consider the problem of finding short smooth curves in the sphere $$\mathcal{S}_\mathcal{X} $$ = {x ∈ $$\mathcal{X}$$ : 〈x, x〉 = 1}. Curves in $$\mathcal{S}_\mathcal{X} $$ are measured considering the Finsler metric which consists of the norm of $$\mathcal{X}$$ at each tangent space of $$\mathcal{S}_\mathcal{X} $$ . The initial value problem is solved, for the case when $$\mathcal{A}$$ is a von Neumann algebra and $$\mathcal{X}$$ is selfdual: for any element x 0 ∈ $$\mathcal{S}_\mathcal{X} $$ and any tangent vector ν at x 0, there exists a curve γ(t) = e tZ(x 0), Z ∈ $$\mathcal{L}_\mathcal{A} (\mathcal{X})$$ , Z* = −Z and ∥Z∥ ≤ π, such that γ(0) = x 0 and $$\dot \gamma $$ (0) = ν, which is minimizing along its path for t ∈ [0, 1]. The existence of such Z is linked to the extension problem of selfadjoint operators. Such minimal curves need not be unique. Also we consider the boundary value problem: given x 0, x 1 ∈ $$\mathcal{S}_\mathcal{X} $$ , find a curve of minimal length which joins them. We give several partial answers to this question. For instance, let us denote by f 0 the selfadjoint projection I − x 0 ⊗ x 0, if the algebra f 0 $$\mathcal{L}_\mathcal{A} (\mathcal{X})$$ f 0 is finite dimensional, then there exists a curve γ joining x 0 and x 1, which is minimizing along its path.
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We introduce a notion of Hilbertian n-volume in metric spaces with Besicovitch-type inequalities built-in into the definitions. The present Part 1 of the article is, for the most part, dedicated to the reformulation of known results in our terms with proofs being reduced to (almost) pure tautologies. If there is any novelty in the paper, this is in forging certain terminology which, ultimately, may turn useful in an Alexandrov kind of approach to singular spaces with positive scalar curvature [Gromov M., Plateau-hedra, Scalar Curvature and Dirac Billiards, in preparation].
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