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Exterior Differential Systems and Cartan–Kähler Theory

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We give an elementary introduction to exterior differential systems and the Cartan–Kähler theorem. No proofs are given, but the results are illustrated by means of examples.

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  1. Department of Mathematics and Statistics, McGill University, Montreal, QC, H3A 2K6, Canada

    Niky Kamran

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Kamran, N. Exterior Differential Systems and Cartan–Kähler Theory. Acta Appl Math 87, 147–164 (2005). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10440-005-1141-1

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