## Taiwanese Journal of Mathematics

### On a Class of Nilpotent Distributions

#### Abstract

This paper presents a sufficient condition for two vector fields $X$ and $Y$ to have the squares noncommutative, i.e. $[X^2, Y^2] \not= 0$. We prove that if the vector fields $X$, $Y$ span a nilpotent distribution with nilpotence class 2, then the squares of the vector fields do not commute.

#### Article information

Source
Taiwanese J. Math., Volume 15, Number 2 (2011), 875-881.

Dates
First available in Project Euclid: 18 July 2017

https://projecteuclid.org/euclid.twjm/1500406239

Digital Object Identifier
doi:10.11650/twjm/1500406239

Mathematical Reviews number (MathSciNet)
MR2810186

Zentralblatt MATH identifier
1236.58007

Subjects
Primary: 53C99: None of the above, but in this section
Secondary: 53D99: None of the above, but in this section

#### Citation

Calin, Ovidiu; Chang, Der-Chen. On a Class of Nilpotent Distributions. Taiwanese J. Math. 15 (2011), no. 2, 875--881. doi:10.11650/twjm/1500406239. https://projecteuclid.org/euclid.twjm/1500406239

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