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Trudy Mat. Inst. Steklova, 2007 Volume 258, Pages 17–27 (Mi tm473)
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Rolling Balls and Octonions

A. A. Agrachevab

a International School for Advanced Studies (SISSA)
b Steklov Mathematical Institute, Russian Academy of Sciences

Abstract: In this semi-expository paper we disclose hidden symmetries of a classical nonholonomic kinematic model and try to explain the geometric meaning of the basic invariants of vector distributions.

UDC: 514.8

Received in November 2006


 English version: Proceedings of the Steklov Institute of Mathematics, 2007, 258, 13–22

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