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In differential geometry, a discipline within mathematics, a distribution is a subset of the tangent bundle of a manifold satisfying certain properties. Distributions are used to build up notions of integrability, and specifically of a foliation of a manifold. Even though they share the same name, distributions we discuss in this article have nothing to do with distributions in the sense of...  MORE

In differential geometry, a discipline within mathematics, a distribution is a subset of the tangent bundle of a manifold satisfying certain properties. Distributions are used to build up notions of integrability, and specifically of a foliation of a manifold. Even though they share the same name, distributions we discuss in this article have nothing to do with distributions in the sense of analysis. LESS