Singularities and normal forms of smooth distributions

• Autorzy: M. Zhitomirskiĭ
• Języki publikacji: EN

Abstrakty

EN

In this expository paper we present main results (from classical to recent) on local classification of smooth distributions.

• Wydawca: Institute of Mathematics Polish Academy of Sciences
• Czasopismo: Banach Center Publications
• Rocznik: 1995
• Tom: 32
• Numer: 1
• Strony: 395-409

Daty

wydano

1995

Twórcy

autor

M. Zhitomirskiĭ

• Department of Mathematics, Technion, 32000 Haifa, Israel

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