A monster tower approach to Goursat multi-flags

DOI10.1016/j.difgeo.2012.06.005zbMath1262.58003arXiv1107.4145WikidataQ115356704 ScholiaQ115356704MaRDI QIDQ714435

Wyatt C. Howard, Alex Lúcio Castro

Publication date: 11 October 2012

Published in: Differential Geometry and its Applications (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/1107.4145

zbMATH Keywords

prolongation; Goursat multi-flags; Semple tower

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

58A17: Pfaffian systems

58K50: Normal forms on manifolds

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

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