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Families of vector fields which generate the group of diffeomorphisms

Differential Geometry 2008-04-29 v1 Optimization and Control

Abstract

Given a compact manifold M, we prove that any bracket generating and invariant under multiplication on smooth functions family of vector fields on M generates the connected component of unit of the group Diff(M).

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@article{arxiv.0804.4403,
  title  = {Families of vector fields which generate the group of diffeomorphisms},
  author = {Andrei Agrachev and Marco Caponigro},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:0804.4403},
  year   = {2008}
}