Calculus of variations via the Griffiths formalism
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Publication:1204875
DOI10.4310/jdg/1214453181zbMath0768.49014OpenAlexW1567004143WikidataQ115180522 ScholiaQ115180522MaRDI QIDQ1204875
Publication date: 1 April 1993
Published in: Journal of Differential Geometry (Search for Journal in Brave)
Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.4310/jdg/1214453181
geodesics in sub-Riemannian geometryGriffiths formalismintegral curves of an exterior differential system
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