Abstract:
We prove a sub-Riemannian analogue of the area formula for Lipschitz
mappings (in the sub-Riemannian sense) between equiregular
Carnot–Carathéodory spaces. In particular, we give an adequate
analytic definition of the sub-Riemannian Jacobian.
Keywords:Carnot–Carathéodory space, differentiability, Lipschitz mapping,
sub-Riemannian quasi-metric, area formula.