Foliation

Definition

In mathematics, a p-dimensional foliation is a partition of a manifold into submanifolds, all of the same dimension p, locally modeled on the decomposition of Rn into the p-dimensional planes cut out by the equations . The submanifolds are called the leaves of the foliation.

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