We study rigid paths of generic 2-distributions with degenerate points on 3-manifolds. A complete description of such paths is obtained. For the proof, we construct separating surfaces of paths admissible for distributions.
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Jiro Adachi. Rigid paths of generic 2-distributions with degenerate points on 3-manifolds. Colloquium Mathematicae, Tome 91 (2002) pp. 161-178. http://gdmltest.u-ga.fr/item/bwmeta1.element.bwnjournal-article-doi-10_4064-cm92-2-2/