APPLICATION OF CARTAN’S EQUIVALENCE METHOD TO DISTRIBUTION OF PLANES

Moheddine Imsatfia; Anouar Houmia

Moheddine Imsatfia King Khaled University, Saudi Arabia
Anouar Houmia King Khaled University, Saudi Arabia

Article ID: 2546

Keywords: equivalence method; exterior differential systems planes; G-structures

Abstract

In this paper, we apply Cartan’s equivalence method to distribution of planes to give a proof of the local equivalence between two planes.

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