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Main Authors: Speight, Gareth, Zimmerman, Scott
Format: Preprint
Published: 2025
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Online Access:https://arxiv.org/abs/2505.14678
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author Speight, Gareth
Zimmerman, Scott
author_facet Speight, Gareth
Zimmerman, Scott
contents We show that, in arbitrary Carnot groups, pliability in a subset of directions is sufficient to guarantee the existence of a Whitney-type extension and a Lusin approximation for curves with tangent vectors in the same set of directions. We apply this to show that every horizontal curve in the Engel group must intersect a $C^{1}$ horizontal curve in a set of positive measure.
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spellingShingle Directional Pliability, Whitney Extension, and Lusin Approximation for Curves in Carnot Groups
Speight, Gareth
Zimmerman, Scott
Differential Geometry
53C17, 58C25
We show that, in arbitrary Carnot groups, pliability in a subset of directions is sufficient to guarantee the existence of a Whitney-type extension and a Lusin approximation for curves with tangent vectors in the same set of directions. We apply this to show that every horizontal curve in the Engel group must intersect a $C^{1}$ horizontal curve in a set of positive measure.
title Directional Pliability, Whitney Extension, and Lusin Approximation for Curves in Carnot Groups
topic Differential Geometry
53C17, 58C25
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2505.14678