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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Standard Smooth Strucutre On Euclidean Spaces Confusion

I am confused as to how $\mathscr A=\{(\mathbb R^n,id)\}$ forms a smooth structure on $\mathbb R^n$. Here's why. Let $U$ be the open ball of unit radius centered at origin of $\mathbb R^n$ and define $\varphi:U\to U$ as $\varphi(x)=x$ for all $x\in…
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Is a sub manifold of Euclidean space with the same tangent space at each point an affine subspace?

I have a smooth (not necessarily connected) submanifold $M \subset R^n$ of dimension $m$ with the property that the tangent space to $M$ at each point $p$ is "the same". Now I understand that in general it makes no sense to talk about equality of…
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Ck compatibility for atlases and differentiable structures

Recently i started watching prof. Frederic Schuller's lectures on the geometrical anatomy of theoretical physics. I am currently learning about manifolds and atlases and charts and while i understand that for two charts $(U, \varphi)$ and $(V,…
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Conditions under which the image of a manifold by a projection of constant rank is a manifold.

Suppose $M \subset R^n$ is a properly embedded submanifold of dimension $m$ and let $\pi : M \rightarrow R^2$ be the projection onto the first two coordinates. Further, suppose the rank of $\pi$ on $M$ is everywhere equal to one. My question is:…
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"Relax" parameterizing a dim $k$ submanifold in $ℝ^n$

Given the following definitions and propositions in Hubbard&Hubbard's Vector Calculus, Linear Algebra, and Differential forms Definition 5.2.1 ( $k$-dimensional volume 0 of a subset of $\mathbb{R}^n$ ). A bounded subset $X \subset \mathbb{R}^n$…
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Lee,Introduction to Smooth Manifolds,Proposition 10.15

How to prove "suppose $\pi:E\to M$is a smooth vector bundle of rank k,if$(\sigma_{1},\dots,\sigma _m)$is a linerly independent m-tuple of smooth local sections of $E$ over an open subset $U\subset M$ ,with $1\leq m\leq k$,then for each $p \in U$…
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Existence of smooth boundary charts on a smooth manifold

Let $M$ be a smooth $n$-manifold with boundary and let $p \in M$. If $p \in \partial M$, I would like to say that there exists a smooth boundary chart $(U, \varphi)$ such that $\varphi(U) \subseteq \mathbb H^n$ and $\varphi(p) = 0$. However, the…
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Joining two points on manifold by injective smooth curve

Suppose $\mathcal{M}$ is a smooth, connected manifold, and let $p$ and $q$ be distinct points in $\mathcal{M}$. Is it true that there always exists a smooth injective regular map $\gamma: [0,1] \rightarrow \mathcal{M}$ such that $\gamma(0)=p$ and…
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Embedding of closed manifolds of same dimension

I have a an embedding $F: M \longrightarrow N$ of two closed smooth manifolds $M, N$ of the same dimension. Do I have a diffeomorphism automatically?
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How to prove that $(dL_A)_I(X)=AX$

Consider this problem on my assignment on manifolds: Let A be a matrix on $GL(n,\mathbb{R})$. Consider the map $L_A: GL(n,\mathbb{R})\to GL(n, \mathbb{R})$ defined by $L_A(B) =AB$. After identifying $T_I GL(n,\mathbb{R})$ with $M(n,\mathbb{R})$…
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Prove that $T_{(p,q)}(M_1\times M_2) \approx T_pM_1 \times T_q M_2$ as vector spaces

Consider this question from my assignment on manifolds: Let $M_1$ and $M_2$ be two manifolds and $p\in M_1$ and $q\in M_2$. Prove that $T_{(p,q)}(M_1 \times M_2) $ is isomorphic to $T_p M_1 \times T_q M_2$ as vector spaces. Attempt: I considered…
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Any embedded smooth submanifold of $\mathbf R^n$ has smooth coordinate patches

I believe that more or less this type of question has already appeared but when typing this question, I cannot find it. Nevertheless, this question concerns two types of definition of (smooth) manifolds: one for submanifolds of $\mathbf R^n$ and the…
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Gluing locally defined smooth maps to get a globally defined smooth map

Please find the discussion underlined with red, which is to be clarified. $\tilde{f_p}$ is a smooth vector-valued function defined on an open subset $W_p$ of a smooth manifold $M$, and $\psi_p$ is a smooth real-valued function defined on the whole…
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Question on the transition map of tangent bundle

This is a follow-up question on diffeomorphism of the bundle chart of a Tangent bundle I don't understand how I can write $\frac{\partial}{\partial x^i} = \frac{\partial y^j}{\partial x^i}\frac{\partial}{\partial y^j}$. Shouldn't it be…
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Does constant rank level set theorem imply regular level set theorem?

This might be a stupid question. The constant rank level set theorem says that if I have a smooth map $f:M\to N$ and a regular point $p\in N$, then if on $U_p$ the rank of the differential is constant, then the preimage of $p$ is a submanifold. The…
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