Cartan, Elie Exterior differential systemes and their geometric applications. (Les systèmes différentiels exterieurs et leurs applications geométriques.) (French) Zbl 0063.00734 Actualités Scientifiques et Industrielles. No. 994. Paris: Hermann & Cie. 214 p. (1945). For an extensive review by J. M. Thomas see [Bull. Am. Math. Soc. 53, No. 3, 261–266 (1947). Cited in 3 ReviewsCited in 86 Documents MSC: 58-01 Introductory exposition (textbooks, tutorial papers, etc.) pertaining to global analysis 58A15 Exterior differential systems (Cartan theory) 58A17 Pfaffian systems 58A10 Differential forms in global analysis Keywords:Grassmann algebra; differential of exterior forms; Stokes’ theorem; Pfaffian systems; existence theorems; method of prolongations PDF BibTeX XML OpenURL