Abstract
We compare and contrast two approaches to the structure theory for Lie pseudogroups, the first due to Cartan, and the second due to the first two authors. We argue that the latter approach offers certain advantages from both a theoretical and practical standpoint.
Original language | English (US) |
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Article number | 077 |
Journal | Symmetry, Integrability and Geometry: Methods and Applications (SIGMA) |
Volume | 5 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - 2009 |
Keywords
- Contact form
- Essential invariant
- Infinitesimal generator
- Jet
- Lie pseudo-group
- Maurer-cartan form
- Structure equations