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This paper defines basic potentials for contact structure. Contact manifolds that admit a basic potential are shown to have an additional foliated structure of co-dimension 1. The properties of this new foliation, and its relation to the characteristic vector field, are explored.
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Frescura, F.A.M., Lubczonok, G. Contact Structure with Basic Potentials. Int J Theor Phys 44, 35–42 (2005). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10773-005-1432-3
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