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" Differential geometry of foliations : "
B L Reinhart
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752815
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B L Reinhart
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Differential geometry of foliations : : the fundamental integrability problem.\ B L Reinhart
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[Place of publication not identified] : Springer, 2012
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3642690157
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: 9783642690150
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I. Differential Geometric Structures and Integrability.- 1. Pseudogroups and Groupoids.- 2. Foliations.- 3. The Integrability Problem.- 4. Vector Fields and Pfaffian Systems.- 5. Leaves and Holonomy.- 6. Examples of Foliations.- II. Prolongations, Connections, and Characteristic Classes.- 1. Truncated Polynomial Groups and Algebras.- 2. Prolongation of a Manifold.- 3. Higher Order Structures.- 4. Connections and Characteristic Classes.- 5. Foliations, Connections, and Secondary Classes.- III. Singular Foliations.- 1. The Classifying Space for a Topological Groupoid.- 2. Vector Fields and the Cohomology of Lie Algebras.- 3. Frobenius Structures.- IV. Metric and Measure Theoretic Properties of Foliations.- 1. Analytic Background.- 2. Measure, Volume, and Foliations.- 3. Foliations of a Riemannian Manifold.- 4. Riemannian Foliations.- 5. Foliations with a Few Derivatives.- Supplementary Bibliography.- Index of Terminology.- Index of Symbols.
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