Asymptotic lines and parabolic points of plane fields in $\mathbb{R}^3$

Abstract

In this paper are studied the simplest qualitative properties of asymptotic lines of a plane field in Euclidean space. These lines are the integral curves of the null directions of the normal curvature of the plane field, on the closure of the hyperbolic region, where the Gaussian curvature is negative. When the plane field is completely integrable, these curves coincides with the classical asymptotic lines on surfaces.