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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Language: | English |
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Springer-Verlag
2018
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Online Access: | http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/115061 https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3004-6176 |