Questions tagged [smooth-manifolds]

For questions about smooth manifolds, a topological manifold with a maximal smooth atlas.

A topological manifold of dimension $n$ is a Hausdorff, second countable topological space $X$ such that each $x \in X$ has a neighbourhood homeomorphic to an open subset of $\mathbb{R}^n$.

A smooth atlas on a topological manifold $X$ is a collection of pairs $\left\lbrace(U_{\alpha}, \varphi_{\alpha})\right\rbrace_{\alpha\in A}$ where $U_{\alpha}$ is an open subset of $X$ and $\varphi_{\alpha} : U_{\alpha} \to \varphi_{\alpha}(U_{\alpha}) \subseteq \mathbb{R}^n$ is a homeomorphism such that $\bigcup\limits_{\alpha\in A}U_{\alpha} = X$.

A topological manifold with a maximal smooth atlas is called a smooth manifold.

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Give an example of a flow on the projective plane RP^ 2 such that there is exactly one fixed point and all other orbits are periodic.

The rough idea I had was that RP^2 is the collection of all lines in R^3 passing through the origin, so if we rotate each line by some angle, then the origin is a fixed point and all other points have periodic orbits. Don't know how to formally…
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A regular differentiable function attains its extrema on the boundary

Let $f: M \rightarrow \mathbb{R}$ be a differentiable function that is regular everywhere on the compact manifold with boundary $M$. Show that $f$ assumes its extrema on the boundary. I know that regular means that the rank of the Jacobian matrix is…
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Misunderstanding of definition of pushforward

If I understand correctly the following is true: $T_{p}(\mathcal{M})$ is a vector space of linear derivations $X_{p}\in T_{p}(\mathcal{M})$, $X_{p}:C^{\infty}(\mathcal{M}) \rightarrow \mathbb{R}$ Given a smooth map $F$ between manifolds…
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Map $f:M\to M$ such that $f^*\omega=-\omega$

This a test question from Jänich: Let $M \neq\emptyset$ (a smooth manifold) and $1 \leq k \leq n=\dim M$. Can there exist a map $f:M\to M$ with the property that $f^*\omega=-\omega$ for all $\omega \in \Omega^kM$? The answer key says NO, NEVER! But…
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Orientations and the de Rham cohomology

Anybody could help me with this exercise, please? If $M$ is a compact, connected, orientable and smooth $n$-manifold: 1) Show that there is a one-to-one correspondence between orientations of $M$ and orientations of the vector space of its de Rham…
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Propierties of the submersion

Let $p:M\rightarrow N$ a surjective submersion of manifolds. Let $Y\subset N$ I want to prove that $Y$ is a submanifold of $N$ if and only if $p^{-1}(Y)$ is a submanifold $M$. I could prove that if $Y$ is a submanifold then $p^{-1}(Y)$ using the…
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Show this is not a smooth manifold

How do I show that the set A $\cup$ B where A = $\{(x,0) : 0 \le x \lt 1\}$ and B = $\{(0,y) : 0 \le y \lt 1\}$ is not a smooth manifold?
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Differentiable injective function betweem manifolds

Let $f:M\rightarrow N$ an injective differentiable functions between the manifolds M and N. Prove that $\dim M\leq \dim N$. Can anyone give me a hint to solve this theorem? I tried to relate the injectivity of $f$ with the injectivity of its…
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If $M$ and $N$ are manifolds and $F:M→N$ is bijective, smooth and restricts to a diffeomorphism on submanifolds of $M$, is $F$ a diffeomorphism?

Let $M$ and $N$ be smooth manifolds and let $F:M\rightarrow N$ be a bijective smooth map. Suppose that for every point $p\in M$, there exists a regular submanifold $M_{p}$ of M containing $p$ and a regular submanifold $N_{F\left(p\right)}$ of $N$…
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Examples of Smooth Maps

Definition: $F$ is a smooth map if for every $p \in M$, there exists smooth charts $(U,\phi)$ containing $p$ and $(V,\psi)$ containing $F(p)$ such that $F(U) \subseteq V$ and the composite map $\psi \circ F \ \circ \phi^{-1}$ is smooth from…
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Constant Maps are smooth.

Let $M$ , $N$, and $P$ be smooth manifolds with or without boundary. Every constant map $c: M\rightarrow N$ is smooth. Proof: Let $c: M \rightarrow N$ be a constant map. Let $p \in M$. Smoothness of $c$ means there are charts $(U,\phi)$ of $p$ and…
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Why is every vector field on $S^{n-1}$ is the restriction of a vector field on $\mathbb{R}^n$?

Let $X$ be a smooth vector field on $S^{n-1}$. Then, does there exist a smooth vector field $\tilde{X}$ on $\mathbb{R}^n$ such that $X$ is the restriction of $\tilde{X}$? Define $\tilde{X}(x):=||x||X(x/||x||)$ for $x\neq 0$ and…
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Determinant of Jacobi matrix vanishes

Let $f:M\to N$ be a surjective smooth map between two manifolds with the same dimension. Q: Why the determinate of Jacobi matrix $J(f)$ can not always vanish , i.e. $\det(J(f))\not\equiv0$.
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Degree of the Identity Map as a Criterion for Manifold Orientability

Is the following statement true: a differentiable manifold is orientable if and only if the identity map on the manifold has a topological degree of 1? No proofs needed; just confirmation. If the statement isn't true, are there any modified…
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Why is the integral of an orientation form positive?

I'm just a little stuck at the end of proving this. I have seen other similar questions but they don't address where I am stuck. Let $\mu$ be an orientation form over $M$, and equip $M$ with the orientation enduced by $\mu$. Choose an…
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