Local equivalence of some maximally symmetric rolling distributions and SU(2) Pfaffian systems
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General geometric structures on manifolds (almost complex, almost product structures, etc.) (53C15) Exterior differential systems (Cartan theory) (58A15) Vector distributions (subbundles of the tangent bundles) (58A30) Contact manifolds (general theory) (53D10) Motion of a rigid body in contact with a solid surface (70E18) Conformal structures on manifolds (53C18)
Abstract: We give a description of Nurowski's conformal structure for some examples of bracket-generating rank 2 distributions in dimension 5, aka -distributions, namely the An-Nurowski circle twistor distribution for pairs of surfaces of constant Gauss curvature rolling without slipping or twisting over each other. In the case of hyperboloid surfaces whose curvature ratios give maximally symmetric -distributions, we find the change of coordinates that map the conformal structure to the flat metric of Engel. We also consider a rank Pfaffian system in dimension 5 with symmetry obtained by rotating two of the 1-forms in the Pfaffian system of the spheres rolling distribution, and discuss complexifications of such distributions.
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