Questions tagged [manifolds]

For questions on manifolds of dimension $n$, a topological space that near each point resembles $n$-dimensional Euclidean space.

In mathematics, a manifold of dimension $n$ is a topological space that near each point resembles $n$-dimensional Euclidean space. More precisely, each point of an $n$-dimensional manifold has a neighbourhood that is homeomorphic to the Euclidean space of dimension $n$. Lines and circles, but not figure eights, are one-dimensional manifolds. Two-dimensional manifolds are also called surfaces. Examples include the plane, the sphere, and the torus, which can all be realized in three dimensions, but also the Klein bottle and real projective plane which cannot.

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Covering space of an orientable manifold

I want to show that every covering space of an orientable manifold is an orientable manifold. My definition of orientability is throw homology. It's a new notion for me, I need help... Thank you.
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Is this subset of a smooth manifold, a submanifold?

I'm not much informed about manifold but I should answer some questions about it. Based on the definition I have written an answer for the following question but I feel there is something wrong with it! Could you please help me? Q: Let M be a smooth…
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Vector field notation - what is the law of multiplication?

You are given three smooth vector fields on a differentiable manifold $M$. Take the Lie bracket: $[X,Y]f=X(Yf)-Y(Xf)$ My question is what is the law of multiplication between $X$ and $Y$? Composition of functions? If the vector field can be…
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Manifolds with boundary

Let $M$ be the left half space $\{(x^1,\ldots, x^n) \in \mathbb R^n\mid x^1 \le 0\},$ with orientation form $dx^1 \wedge \cdots \wedge dx^n.$ Show that an orientation form for the boundary orientation on $\partial M=\{(0,x^2, \ldots , x^n)…
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Two problems about manifolds

1.$M$ is a connected manifold, dim$M \geq 2$, $f:M \rightarrow \mathbb{R}$ is smooth, then $f$ is not an injection. 2.$M, N$ are two manifolds, and $M$ is connected, $f:M \rightarrow N $ is smooth,if for any $p\in M$, $f_*p=0$, then $f$ is…
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