On the structure of lie pseudo-groups

Peter J. Olver; Juha Pohjanpelto; Francis Valiquette

doi:10.3842/SIGMA.2009.077

On the structure of lie pseudo-groups

Peter J. Olver, Juha Pohjanpelto, Francis Valiquette

School of Mathematics

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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)
Article number	077
Journal	Symmetry, Integrability and Geometry: Methods and Applications (SIGMA)
Volume	5
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.3842/SIGMA.2009.077
State	Published - 2009

Keywords

Contact form
Essential invariant
Infinitesimal generator
Jet
Lie pseudo-group
Maurer-cartan form
Structure equations

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