Nonsmooth Hörmander vector fields and their control balls

Montanari, Annamaria; Morbidelli, Daniele

doi:10.1090/S0002-9947-2011-05395-X

Nonsmooth Hörmander vector fields and their control balls

Authors: Annamaria Montanari and Daniele Morbidelli
Journal: Trans. Amer. Math. Soc. 364 (2012), 2339-2375
MSC (2010): Primary 53C17; Secondary 35R03
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1090/S0002-9947-2011-05395-X
Published electronically: December 15, 2011
MathSciNet review: 2888209
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Abstract: We prove a ball-box theorem for nonsmooth Hörmander vector fields of step $s\geq 2.$

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