Abstract:
We describe all Carnot algebras with growth vector (2, 3, 5, 6), their normal forms, an invariant that separates them, and a change of basis that transforms such an algebra into a normal form. For each normal form, Casimir functions and symplectic foliations on the Lie coalgebra are computed. An invariant and normal forms of left-invariant (2, 3, 5, 6)-distributions are described. A classification, up to isometries, of all left-invariant sub-Riemannian structures on (2, 3, 5, 6)-Carnot groups is obtained.