Holonomy of sub-Riemannian manifolds

International Journal of Mathematics

Volumn 8, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 317-344

  Falbel, Elisha ^a   Gorodski, Claudio ^b   Rumin, Michel ^c  

^a INSTITUT DE MATHÉMATIQUES DE JUSSIEU   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^c UNIVERSITÉ PARIS SACLAY   (France)

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EID: 0031285803     PISSN: 0129167X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1142/S0129167X97000159     Document Type: Article

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