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Existence h-principle for Engel structures

Authors :
Álvaro del Pino
José Luis de la Plaza Pérez
Francisco Presas
Roger Casals
Source :
Inventiones Mathematicae, 210. Springer New York
Publication Year :
2015

Abstract

In this article we prove that the inclusion of the space of Engel structures of a smooth $4$-fold into the space of full flags of its tangent bundle induces surjections in all homotopy groups. In particular, we construct Engel structures representing any given full flag.<br />21 pages, 7 figures

Details

Language :
English
ISSN :
00209910
Database :
OpenAIRE
Journal :
Inventiones Mathematicae, 210. Springer New York
Accession number :
edsair.doi.dedup.....e0775f8d17ffb040a5330b23bd718af3