The Engel-Lutz twist and overtwisted Engel structures

DOI10.2140/gt.2020.24.2471zbMath1461.58002arXiv1712.09286OpenAlexW2776718026MaRDI QIDQ2224533

Yanyan Li

Publication date: 4 February 2021

Published in: Geometry \& Topology (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/1712.09286

zbMATH Keywords

overtwisted\(h\)-principleEngel structuresEngel-Lutz twist

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Vector distributions (subbundles of the tangent bundles) (58A30)

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