Boundary points of a manifold

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I'm reading about Riemannian Geometry and my question is regarding Manifolds with Boundary.

I want to show a point of a manifold with boundary is either an interior point or a boundary point, so no overlap.

Let $\mathbb{H}_n$ be the closed half space of dimension n. In order to prove the above my aim is to show an open neighborhood U of a point p, in $\mathbb{H}_n$\ $\partial \mathbb{H}_n$ can't be homeomorphic to an open subset U of $\mathbb{H}_n$ when we identify p with a point in $\partial \mathbb{H}_n$.

How should I proceed?

You should proceed to find some property that one of the has and the other does not. — Mariano Suárez-Álvarez, Dec 23 '14 at 22:00
Right, but I'm having difficulty finding a mutually exclusive event. — Mary, Dec 23 '14 at 22:03
Think about the topology on $\mathbb{H}^n$, and how it relates to the topology on $\mathbb{R}^n$. — Ashwin Iyengar, Dec 23 '14 at 22:04
Also, you should prove that "being on the boundary" is a property independent of choice of local coordinates --- the inverse function theorem is useful. — Ashwin Iyengar, Dec 23 '14 at 22:06
That last part I think I can handle. Can you show me how to answer my original question? I would appreciate it. — Mary, Dec 23 '14 at 22:13

score 2 · Accepted Answer · edited Apr 13 '17 at 12:20

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As this thread mentions in the comments,

Interior and boundary points of $n$-manifold with boundary

you need the "invariance of domain" theorem:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Invariance_of_domain

to prove what you want, which is nontrivial, and requires the use of algebraic topology. As far as I can tell, there doesn't seem to be a much simpler proof that's easily accessible.

edited Apr 13 '17 at 12:20

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answered Dec 23 '14 at 23:06

Ashwin Iyengar

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No problem. Good luck! – Ashwin Iyengar Dec 23 '14 at 23:33

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