This condition is called the Frobenius condition. A differential system
satisfying is called completely integrable.
Geometrically, the 's span at every point a subspace of dimension in the cotangent space or, equivalently, a subspace of dimension in the tangent space . Such data is known as a distribution.
Theorem
Let be a differential ideal having as generators the linearly independent forms of degree one, so that the condition is satisfied. In a sufficiently small neighborhood, there is a coordinate system such that is generated by .
Version 2
@warner page 75, Theorem 2.32. Theorem
Let be a differential ideal locally generated by independent 1-forms. Let . Then there exists a unique maximal, connected, integral manifold of through , and this integral manifold has dimension .