contact geometries

A form of contact geometry — Given a smooth manifold of odd dimensionality, a distribution (subset) of the tangent bundle that satisfies the condition of complete nonintegrability, or equivalently may be locally defined as the kernel of a maximally nondegenerate differential 1-form;

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Meanings

noun
  1. pluralplural of contact geometry
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