Pliability, or the Whitney extension theorem for curves in Carnot groups (Q2402496)

Simple arguments show that the Whitney extension theorem does not generalize to every ordered pair of Carnot groups. The authors consider the extendability problem for general ordered pairs \(({\mathbb R}, G)\), and characterize the nonabelian groups \(G\) for which the Whitney extension property holds, in terms of a newly introduced notion called \textit{pliability}. They extend such results to all pliable Carnot groups, and show that the latter may be of arbitrarily large step.