Rank-2 distributions satisfying the Goursat condition : all their local models in dimension 7 and 8
ESAIM: Control, Optimisation and Calculus of Variations, Tome 4 (1999), pp. 137-158. 
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Cheaito, Mohamad; Mormul, Piotr. Rank-$2$ distributions satisfying the Goursat condition : all their local models in dimension $7$ and $8$. ESAIM: Control, Optimisation and Calculus of Variations, Tome 4 (1999), pp. 137-158. http://archive.numdam.org/item/COCV_1999__4__137_0/

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