Integral manifold of a distribution

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Definition

Given a manifold and a distribution of -dimensional subspaces on the manifold, an integral manifold for the distribution is a -dimensional immersed submanifold such that the tangent space to the submanifold at any point on it is the same as the member of the distribution at the point.