Some aspects of differential geometry associated with hypoelliptic second order operators

Thomas Taylor

doi:10.2140/pjm.1989.136.355

Some aspects of differential geometry associated with hypoelliptic second order operators

Thomas Taylor

Mathematical and Statistical Sciences, School of (SMSS)

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I investigate some aspects of the geometry of the bicharacteristics of a class of hypoelliptic second order partial differential operators. The resulting geometry looks quite a bit like Riemannian geometry, although with interesting differences.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	355-378
Number of pages	24
Journal	Pacific Journal of Mathematics
Volume	136
Issue number	2
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.2140/pjm.1989.136.355
State	Published - Feb 1989

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