On the genesis of the Cartan-Kähler theory

DOI10.1007/S00407-011-0081-6zbMath1221.01070OpenAlexW2018926461MaRDI QIDQ547277

Alberto Cogliati

Publication date: 1 July 2011

Published in: Archive for History of Exact Sciences (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1007/s00407-011-0081-6

zbMATH Keywords

exterior differential systemsCartan-Kähler theoryPfaffian systems

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

History of mathematics in the 20th century (01A60) Pfaffian systems (58A17) Exterior differential systems (Cartan theory) (58A15) History of mathematics in the 19th century (01A55) History of global analysis (58-03)

Related Items (3)

Reviews ⋮ Maurice Janet's algorithms on systems of linear partial differential equations ⋮ Early history of infinite continuous groups, 1883--1898

Cites Work

• Differential forms -- Cartan to De Rham
• Frobenius, Cartan, and the problem of Pfaff
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