Homogeneous Carnot groups related to sets of vector fields
Andrea Bonfiglioli (2004)
Bollettino dell'Unione Matematica Italiana
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In this paper, we are concerned with the following problem: given a set of smooth vector fields on , we ask whether there exists a homogeneous Carnot group such that is a sub-Laplacian on . We find necessary and sufficient conditions on the given vector fields in order to give a positive answer to the question. Moreover, we explicitly construct the group law i as above, providing direct proofs. Our main tool is a suitable version of the Campbell-Hausdorff formula. Finally, we...