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Let V be a smooth manifold where we distinguish a subset H in the set of all piecewise smooth curves c in V. We assume that H is defined by a local condition on curves, i.e. if c is divided into segments c 1,…, c k , then
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Gromov, M. (1996). Carnot-Carathéodory spaces seen from within. In: Bellaïche, A., Risler, JJ. (eds) Sub-Riemannian Geometry. Progress in Mathematics, vol 144. Birkhäuser Basel. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-0348-9210-0_2
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