Abstract
A calculus is developed, reflecting the most general group-theoretic properties of flows, defined by nonstationary differential equations on manifolds.
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Translated from Itogi Nauki i Tekhniki, Seriya Problemy Geometrii, Vol. 11, pp. 135–176, 1980.
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Agrachev, A.A., Gamkrelidze, R.V. Chronological algebras and nonstationary vector fields. J Math Sci 17, 1650–1675 (1981). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01084595
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