Existence h-principle for Engel structures

In this article we prove that the inclusion of the space of Engel structures of a smooth 4-manifold 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.

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Main Authors: Pérez, José L, del Pino, Álvaro, Presas, Francisco, Pérez, José Luis, Casals Gutierrez, Roger
Other Authors: Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Mathematics
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Springer-Verlag 2018
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/115061
https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3004-6176
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author Pérez, José L
del Pino, Álvaro
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Casals Gutierrez, Roger
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description In this article we prove that the inclusion of the space of Engel structures of a smooth 4-manifold 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.
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spelling mit-1721.1/1150612022-10-04T05:41:44Z Existence h-principle for Engel structures Pérez, José L del Pino, Álvaro Presas, Francisco Pérez, José Luis Casals Gutierrez, Roger Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Mathematics Casals Gutierrez, Roger In this article we prove that the inclusion of the space of Engel structures of a smooth 4-manifold 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. 2018-04-27T19:30:46Z 2018-04-27T19:30:46Z 2017-05 2016-12 2017-11-18T05:56:58Z Article http://purl.org/eprint/type/JournalArticle 0020-9910 1432-1297 http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/115061 Casals, Roger et al. “Existence h-Principle for Engel Structures.” Inventiones Mathematicae 210, 2 (May 2017): 417–451 © 2017 Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3004-6176 en http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00222-017-0732-6 Inventiones mathematicae Article is made available in accordance with the publisher's policy and may be subject to US copyright law. Please refer to the publisher's site for terms of use. Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg application/pdf Springer-Verlag Springer Berlin Heidelberg
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