{ "id": "0708.4298", "version": "v3", "published": "2007-08-31T08:44:27.000Z", "updated": "2008-04-23T11:57:27.000Z", "title": "Dilatation structures in sub-riemannian geometry", "authors": [ "Marius Buliga" ], "comment": "to appear in \"Contemporary Geometry and Topology and Related Topics. Cluj-Napoca, August 19-25, 2007\"", "journal": "Contemporary Geometry and Topology and Related Topics. Cluj-Napoca, August 19-25, 2007, Cluj University Press (2008), 89-105", "categories": [ "math.DG", "math.MG" ], "abstract": "Based on the notion of dilatation structure arXiv:math/0608536, we give an intrinsic treatment to sub-riemannian geometry, started in the paper arXiv:0706.3644 . Here we prove that regular sub-riemannian manifolds admit dilatation structures. From the existence of normal frames proved by Bellaiche we deduce the rest of the properties of regular sub-riemannian manifolds by using the formalism of dilatation structures.", "revisions": [ { "version": "v3", "updated": "2008-04-23T11:57:27.000Z" } ], "analyses": { "subjects": [ "53C17", "22E20", "20F65" ], "keywords": [ "sub-riemannian geometry", "regular sub-riemannian manifolds admit dilatation", "sub-riemannian manifolds admit dilatation structures", "intrinsic treatment", "normal frames" ], "tags": [ "journal article" ], "note": { "typesetting": "TeX", "pages": 0, "language": "en", "license": "arXiv", "status": "editable", "adsabs": "2007arXiv0708.4298B" } } }