Geometric approach to Goursat flags
Montgomery, Richard ; Zhitomirskii, Michail
Annales de l'I.H.P. Analyse non linéaire, Tome 18 (2001), p. 459-493 / Harvested from Numdam
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Montgomery, Richard; Zhitomirskii, Michail. Geometric approach to Goursat flags. Annales de l'I.H.P. Analyse non linéaire, Tome 18 (2001) pp. 459-493. http://gdmltest.u-ga.fr/item/AIHPC_2001__18_4_459_0/

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