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On contact equivalence of systems of ordinary differential equations

Classical Analysis and ODEs 2009-05-27 v2 Differential Geometry

Abstract

We consider a problem of equivalence of generic pairs (X,V)(X,V) on a manifold MM, where VV is a distribution of rank mm and XX is a distribution of rank one. We construct a canonical bundle with a canonical frame. We prove that two pairs are equivalent if and only if the corresponding frames are diffeomorphic. As a particular case, with VV integrable, we provide a new solution to the problem of contact equivalence of systems of mm ordinary differential equations: x(k+1)=F(t,x,x,...,x(k))x^{(k+1)}=F(t,x,x',...,x^{(k)}), where k>2k>2 or k=2k=2 and m>1m>1.

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@article{arxiv.0712.1455,
  title  = {On contact equivalence of systems of ordinary differential equations},
  author = {Wojciech Kryński},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:0712.1455},
  year   = {2009}
}