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href="/nlab/show/geometry+of+physics+--+supergeometry">supergeometry</a></p> <p><strong>Differentials</strong></p> <ul> <li> <p><a class="existingWikiWord" href="/nlab/show/differentiation">differentiation</a>, <a class="existingWikiWord" href="/nlab/show/chain+rule">chain rule</a></p> </li> <li> <p><a class="existingWikiWord" href="/nlab/show/differentiable+function">differentiable function</a></p> </li> <li> <p><a class="existingWikiWord" href="/nlab/show/infinitesimal+space">infinitesimal space</a>, <a class="existingWikiWord" href="/nlab/show/infinitesimally+thickened+point">infinitesimally thickened point</a>, <a class="existingWikiWord" href="/nlab/show/amazing+right+adjoint">amazing right adjoint</a></p> </li> </ul> <p><strong><a class="existingWikiWord" href="/nlab/show/V-manifolds">V-manifolds</a></strong></p> <ul> <li> <p><a class="existingWikiWord" href="/nlab/show/differentiable+manifold">differentiable manifold</a>, <a class="existingWikiWord" href="/nlab/show/coordinate+chart">coordinate chart</a>, <a class="existingWikiWord" href="/nlab/show/atlas">atlas</a></p> </li> <li> <p><a class="existingWikiWord" href="/nlab/show/smooth+manifold">smooth manifold</a>, <a class="existingWikiWord" href="/nlab/show/smooth+structure">smooth structure</a>, <a class="existingWikiWord" href="/nlab/show/exotic+smooth+structure">exotic smooth structure</a></p> </li> <li> <p><a class="existingWikiWord" href="/nlab/show/analytic+manifold">analytic manifold</a>, <a class="existingWikiWord" href="/nlab/show/complex+manifold">complex manifold</a></p> </li> <li> <p><a class="existingWikiWord" href="/nlab/show/formal+smooth+manifold">formal smooth manifold</a>, <a class="existingWikiWord" href="/nlab/show/derived+smooth+manifold">derived smooth manifold</a></p> </li> </ul> <p><strong><a class="existingWikiWord" href="/nlab/show/smooth+space">smooth space</a></strong></p> <ul> <li> <p><a class="existingWikiWord" href="/nlab/show/diffeological+space">diffeological space</a>, <a class="existingWikiWord" href="/nlab/show/Fr%C3%B6licher+space">Frölicher space</a></p> </li> <li> <p><a class="existingWikiWord" href="/nlab/show/manifold+structure+of+mapping+spaces">manifold structure of mapping spaces</a></p> </li> </ul> <p><strong>Tangency</strong></p> <ul> <li> <p><a class="existingWikiWord" href="/nlab/show/tangent+bundle">tangent bundle</a>, <a class="existingWikiWord" href="/nlab/show/frame+bundle">frame bundle</a></p> <ul> <li> <p><a class="existingWikiWord" href="/nlab/show/vector+field">vector field</a>, <a class="existingWikiWord" href="/nlab/show/multivector+field">multivector field</a>, <a class="existingWikiWord" href="/nlab/show/tangent+Lie+algebroid">tangent Lie algebroid</a>;</p> </li> <li> <p><a class="existingWikiWord" href="/nlab/show/differential+forms+in+synthetic+differential+geometry">differential forms</a>, <a class="existingWikiWord" href="/nlab/show/de+Rham+complex">de Rham complex</a>, <a class="existingWikiWord" href="/nlab/show/Dolbeault+complex">Dolbeault complex</a></p> <ul> <li> <p><a class="existingWikiWord" href="/nlab/show/pullback+of+differential+forms">pullback of differential forms</a>, <a class="existingWikiWord" href="/nlab/show/invariant+differential+form">invariant differential form</a>, <a class="existingWikiWord" href="/nlab/show/Maurer-Cartan+form">Maurer-Cartan form</a>, <a class="existingWikiWord" href="/nlab/show/horizontal+differential+form">horizontal differential form</a>,</p> </li> <li> <p><a class="existingWikiWord" href="/nlab/show/cogerm+differential+form">cogerm differential form</a></p> </li> <li> <p><a class="existingWikiWord" href="/nlab/show/integration+of+differential+forms">integration of differential forms</a></p> </li> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li> <p><a class="existingWikiWord" href="/nlab/show/local+diffeomorphism">local diffeomorphism</a>, <a class="existingWikiWord" href="/nlab/show/formally+%C3%A9tale+morphism">formally étale morphism</a></p> </li> <li> <p><a class="existingWikiWord" href="/nlab/show/submersion">submersion</a>, <a class="existingWikiWord" href="/nlab/show/formally+smooth+morphism">formally smooth morphism</a>,</p> </li> <li> <p><a class="existingWikiWord" href="/nlab/show/immersion">immersion</a>, <a class="existingWikiWord" href="/nlab/show/formally+unramified+morphism">formally unramified morphism</a>,</p> </li> <li> <p><a class="existingWikiWord" href="/nlab/show/de+Rham+space">de Rham space</a>, <a class="existingWikiWord" href="/nlab/show/crystal">crystal</a></p> </li> <li> <p><a class="existingWikiWord" href="/nlab/show/infinitesimal+disk+bundle">infinitesimal disk bundle</a></p> </li> </ul> <p><strong>The magic algebraic facts</strong></p> <ul> <li> <p><a class="existingWikiWord" href="/nlab/show/embedding+of+smooth+manifolds+into+formal+duals+of+R-algebras">embedding of smooth manifolds into formal duals of R-algebras</a></p> </li> <li> <p><a class="existingWikiWord" href="/nlab/show/smooth+Serre-Swan+theorem">smooth Serre-Swan theorem</a></p> </li> <li> <p><a class="existingWikiWord" href="/nlab/show/derivations+of+smooth+functions+are+vector+fields">derivations of smooth functions are vector fields</a></p> </li> </ul> <p><strong>Theorems</strong></p> <ul> <li> <p><a class="existingWikiWord" href="/nlab/show/Hadamard+lemma">Hadamard lemma</a></p> </li> <li> <p><a class="existingWikiWord" href="/nlab/show/Borel%27s+theorem">Borel's theorem</a></p> </li> <li> <p><a class="existingWikiWord" href="/nlab/show/Boman%27s+theorem">Boman's theorem</a></p> </li> <li> <p><a class="existingWikiWord" href="/nlab/show/Whitney+extension+theorem">Whitney extension theorem</a></p> </li> <li> <p><a class="existingWikiWord" href="/nlab/show/Steenrod-Wockel+approximation+theorem">Steenrod-Wockel approximation theorem</a></p> </li> <li> <p><a class="existingWikiWord" href="/nlab/show/Whitney+embedding+theorem">Whitney embedding theorem</a></p> </li> <li> <p><a class="existingWikiWord" href="/nlab/show/Poincare+lemma">Poincare lemma</a></p> </li> <li> <p><a class="existingWikiWord" href="/nlab/show/Stokes+theorem">Stokes theorem</a></p> </li> <li> <p><a class="existingWikiWord" href="/nlab/show/de+Rham+theorem">de Rham theorem</a></p> </li> <li> <p><a class="existingWikiWord" href="/nlab/show/Hochschild-Kostant-Rosenberg+theorem">Hochschild-Kostant-Rosenberg theorem</a></p> </li> <li> <p><a class="existingWikiWord" href="/nlab/show/differential+cohomology+hexagon">differential cohomology hexagon</a></p> </li> </ul> <p><strong>Axiomatics</strong></p> <ul> <li> <p><a class="existingWikiWord" href="/nlab/show/Kock-Lawvere+axiom">Kock-Lawvere axiom</a></p> <ul> <li> <p><a class="existingWikiWord" href="/nlab/show/smooth+topos">smooth topos</a>, <a class="existingWikiWord" href="/nlab/show/super+smooth+topos">super smooth topos</a></p> </li> <li> <p><a class="existingWikiWord" href="/nlab/show/microlinear+space">microlinear space</a></p> </li> <li> <p><a class="existingWikiWord" href="/nlab/show/integration+axiom">integration axiom</a></p> </li> </ul> </li> </ul> <div> <p><strong><a class="existingWikiWord" href="/nlab/show/cohesion">cohesion</a></strong></p> <ul> <li> <p>(<a class="existingWikiWord" href="/nlab/show/shape+modality">shape modality</a> <math xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" display="inline" class="maruku-mathml"><semantics><mrow><mo>⊣</mo></mrow><annotation encoding="application/x-tex">\dashv</annotation></semantics></math> <a class="existingWikiWord" href="/nlab/show/flat+modality">flat modality</a> <math xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" display="inline" class="maruku-mathml"><semantics><mrow><mo>⊣</mo></mrow><annotation encoding="application/x-tex">\dashv</annotation></semantics></math> <a class="existingWikiWord" href="/nlab/show/sharp+modality">sharp modality</a>)</p> <p><math xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" display="inline" class="maruku-mathml"><semantics><mrow><mo stretchy="false">(</mo><mo lspace="0em" rspace="thinmathspace">ʃ</mo><mo>⊣</mo><mo>♭</mo><mo>⊣</mo><mo>♯</mo><mo stretchy="false">)</mo></mrow><annotation encoding="application/x-tex">(\esh \dashv \flat \dashv \sharp )</annotation></semantics></math></p> <ul> <li> <p><a class="existingWikiWord" href="/nlab/show/discrete+object">discrete object</a>, <a class="existingWikiWord" href="/nlab/show/codiscrete+object">codiscrete object</a>, <a class="existingWikiWord" href="/nlab/show/concrete+object">concrete object</a></p> </li> <li> <p><a class="existingWikiWord" href="/nlab/show/points-to-pieces+transform">points-to-pieces transform</a></p> </li> <li> <p><a class="existingWikiWord" href="/nlab/show/cohesive+%28infinity%2C1%29-topos+--+structures">structures in cohesion</a></p> </li> </ul> </li> <li> <p><a class="existingWikiWord" href="/nlab/show/dR-shape+modality">dR-shape modality</a><math xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" display="inline" class="maruku-mathml"><semantics><mrow><mo>⊣</mo></mrow><annotation encoding="application/x-tex">\dashv</annotation></semantics></math> <a class="existingWikiWord" href="/nlab/show/dR-flat+modality">dR-flat modality</a></p> <p><math xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" display="inline" class="maruku-mathml"><semantics><mrow><msub><mo lspace="0em" rspace="thinmathspace">ʃ</mo> <mi>dR</mi></msub><mo>⊣</mo><msub><mo>♭</mo> <mi>dR</mi></msub></mrow><annotation encoding="application/x-tex">\esh_{dR} \dashv \flat_{dR}</annotation></semantics></math></p> </li> </ul> <p><strong><a class="existingWikiWord" href="/nlab/show/infinitesimal+cohesion">infinitesimal cohesion</a></strong></p> <ul> <li><a class="existingWikiWord" href="/nlab/show/classical+modality">classical modality</a></li> </ul> <p><strong><a class="existingWikiWord" href="/nlab/show/tangent+cohesive+%28%E2%88%9E%2C1%29-topos">tangent cohesion</a></strong></p> <ul> <li><a class="existingWikiWord" href="/nlab/show/differential+cohomology+diagram">differential cohomology diagram</a></li> </ul> <p><strong><a class="existingWikiWord" href="/nlab/show/differential+cohesion">differential cohesion</a></strong></p> <ul> <li> <p>(<a class="existingWikiWord" href="/nlab/show/reduction+modality">reduction modality</a> <math xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" display="inline" class="maruku-mathml"><semantics><mrow><mo>⊣</mo></mrow><annotation encoding="application/x-tex">\dashv</annotation></semantics></math> <a class="existingWikiWord" href="/nlab/show/infinitesimal+shape+modality">infinitesimal shape modality</a> <math xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" display="inline" class="maruku-mathml"><semantics><mrow><mo>⊣</mo></mrow><annotation encoding="application/x-tex">\dashv</annotation></semantics></math> <a class="existingWikiWord" href="/nlab/show/infinitesimal+flat+modality">infinitesimal flat modality</a>)</p> <p><math xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" display="inline" class="maruku-mathml"><semantics><mrow><mo stretchy="false">(</mo><mi>ℜ</mi><mo>⊣</mo><mi>ℑ</mi><mo>⊣</mo><mi>&</mi><mo stretchy="false">)</mo></mrow><annotation encoding="application/x-tex">(\Re \dashv \Im \dashv \&)</annotation></semantics></math></p> <ul> <li> <p><a class="existingWikiWord" href="/nlab/show/reduced+object">reduced object</a>, <a class="existingWikiWord" href="/nlab/show/coreduced+object">coreduced object</a>, <a class="existingWikiWord" href="/nlab/show/formally+smooth+object">formally smooth object</a></p> </li> <li> <p><a class="existingWikiWord" href="/nlab/show/formally+%C3%A9tale+map">formally étale map</a></p> </li> <li> <p><a href="cohesive+%28infinity%2C1%29-topos+--+infinitesimal+cohesion#StructuresInDifferentialCohesion">structures in differential cohesion</a></p> </li> </ul> </li> </ul> <p><strong><a class="existingWikiWord" href="/nlab/show/super+smooth+infinity-groupoid">graded differential cohesion</a></strong></p> <ul> <li> <p><a class="existingWikiWord" href="/nlab/show/fermionic+modality">fermionic modality</a><math xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" display="inline" class="maruku-mathml"><semantics><mrow><mo>⊣</mo></mrow><annotation encoding="application/x-tex">\dashv</annotation></semantics></math> <a class="existingWikiWord" href="/nlab/show/bosonic+modality">bosonic modality</a> <math xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" display="inline" class="maruku-mathml"><semantics><mrow><mo>⊣</mo></mrow><annotation encoding="application/x-tex">\dashv</annotation></semantics></math> <a class="existingWikiWord" href="/nlab/show/rheonomy+modality">rheonomy modality</a></p> <p><math xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" display="inline" class="maruku-mathml"><semantics><mrow><mo stretchy="false">(</mo><mo>⇉</mo><mo>⊣</mo><mo>⇝</mo><mo>⊣</mo><mi>Rh</mi><mo stretchy="false">)</mo></mrow><annotation encoding="application/x-tex">(\rightrightarrows \dashv \rightsquigarrow \dashv Rh)</annotation></semantics></math></p> </li> </ul> <p><strong><a class="existingWikiWord" href="/nlab/show/orbifold+cohomology">singular cohesion</a></strong></p> <div id="Diagram" class="maruku-equation"><math xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" display="block" class="maruku-mathml"><semantics><mrow><mrow><mtable><mtr><mtd></mtd> <mtd></mtd> <mtd><mi>id</mi></mtd> <mtd><mo>⊣</mo></mtd> <mtd><mi>id</mi></mtd></mtr> <mtr><mtd></mtd> <mtd></mtd> <mtd><mo>∨</mo></mtd> <mtd></mtd> <mtd><mo>∨</mo></mtd></mtr> <mtr><mtd></mtd> <mtd><mover><mrow></mrow><mi>fermionic</mi></mover></mtd> <mtd><mo>⇉</mo></mtd> <mtd><mo>⊣</mo></mtd> <mtd><mo>⇝</mo></mtd> <mtd><mover><mrow></mrow><mi>bosonic</mi></mover></mtd></mtr> <mtr><mtd></mtd> <mtd></mtd> <mtd><mo>⊥</mo></mtd> <mtd></mtd> <mtd><mo>⊥</mo></mtd></mtr> <mtr><mtd></mtd> <mtd><mover><mrow></mrow><mi>bosonic</mi></mover></mtd> <mtd><mo>⇝</mo></mtd> <mtd><mo>⊣</mo></mtd> <mtd><mi mathvariant="normal">R</mi><mspace width="negativethinmathspace"></mspace><mspace width="negativethinmathspace"></mspace><mi mathvariant="normal">h</mi></mtd> <mtd><mover><mrow></mrow><mi>rheonomic</mi></mover></mtd></mtr> <mtr><mtd></mtd> <mtd></mtd> <mtd><mo>∨</mo></mtd> <mtd></mtd> <mtd><mo>∨</mo></mtd></mtr> <mtr><mtd></mtd> <mtd><mover><mrow></mrow><mi>reduced</mi></mover></mtd> <mtd><mi>ℜ</mi></mtd> <mtd><mo>⊣</mo></mtd> <mtd><mi>ℑ</mi></mtd> <mtd><mover><mrow></mrow><mi>infinitesimal</mi></mover></mtd></mtr> <mtr><mtd></mtd> <mtd></mtd> <mtd><mo>⊥</mo></mtd> <mtd></mtd> <mtd><mo>⊥</mo></mtd></mtr> <mtr><mtd></mtd> <mtd><mover><mrow></mrow><mi>infinitesimal</mi></mover></mtd> <mtd><mi>ℑ</mi></mtd> <mtd><mo>⊣</mo></mtd> <mtd><mi>&</mi></mtd> <mtd><mover><mrow></mrow><mtext>étale</mtext></mover></mtd></mtr> <mtr><mtd></mtd> <mtd></mtd> <mtd><mo>∨</mo></mtd> <mtd></mtd> <mtd><mo>∨</mo></mtd></mtr> <mtr><mtd></mtd> <mtd><mover><mrow></mrow><mi>cohesive</mi></mover></mtd> <mtd><mo lspace="0em" rspace="thinmathspace">ʃ</mo></mtd> <mtd><mo>⊣</mo></mtd> <mtd><mo>♭</mo></mtd> <mtd><mover><mrow></mrow><mi>discrete</mi></mover></mtd></mtr> <mtr><mtd></mtd> <mtd></mtd> <mtd><mo>⊥</mo></mtd> <mtd></mtd> <mtd><mo>⊥</mo></mtd></mtr> <mtr><mtd></mtd> <mtd><mover><mrow></mrow><mi>discrete</mi></mover></mtd> <mtd><mo>♭</mo></mtd> <mtd><mo>⊣</mo></mtd> <mtd><mo>♯</mo></mtd> <mtd><mover><mrow></mrow><mi>continuous</mi></mover></mtd></mtr> <mtr><mtd></mtd> <mtd></mtd> <mtd><mo>∨</mo></mtd> <mtd></mtd> <mtd><mo>∨</mo></mtd></mtr> <mtr><mtd></mtd> <mtd></mtd> <mtd><mi>∅</mi></mtd> <mtd><mo>⊣</mo></mtd> <mtd><mo>*</mo></mtd></mtr></mtable></mrow></mrow><annotation encoding="application/x-tex"> \array{ && id &\dashv& id \\ && \vee && \vee \\ &\stackrel{fermionic}{}& \rightrightarrows &\dashv& \rightsquigarrow & \stackrel{bosonic}{} \\ && \bot && \bot \\ &\stackrel{bosonic}{} & \rightsquigarrow &\dashv& \mathrm{R}\!\!\mathrm{h} & \stackrel{rheonomic}{} \\ && \vee && \vee \\ &\stackrel{reduced}{} & \Re &\dashv& \Im & \stackrel{infinitesimal}{} \\ && \bot && \bot \\ &\stackrel{infinitesimal}{}& \Im &\dashv& \& & \stackrel{\text{&#233;tale}}{} \\ && \vee && \vee \\ &\stackrel{cohesive}{}& \esh &\dashv& \flat & \stackrel{discrete}{} \\ && \bot && \bot \\ &\stackrel{discrete}{}& \flat &\dashv& \sharp & \stackrel{continuous}{} \\ && \vee && \vee \\ && \emptyset &\dashv& \ast } </annotation></semantics></math></div></div> <p id="models_2"><strong>Models</strong></p> <ul> <li> <p><a class="existingWikiWord" href="/nlab/show/Models+for+Smooth+Infinitesimal+Analysis">Models for Smooth Infinitesimal Analysis</a></p> <ul> <li> <p><a class="existingWikiWord" href="/nlab/show/smooth+algebra">smooth algebra</a> (<math xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" display="inline" class="maruku-mathml"><semantics><mrow><msup><mi>C</mi> <mn>∞</mn></msup></mrow><annotation encoding="application/x-tex">C^\infty</annotation></semantics></math>-ring)</p> </li> <li> <p><a class="existingWikiWord" href="/nlab/show/smooth+locus">smooth locus</a></p> </li> <li> <p><a class="existingWikiWord" href="/nlab/show/Fermat+theory">Fermat theory</a></p> </li> </ul> </li> <li> <p><a class="existingWikiWord" href="/nlab/show/Cahiers+topos">Cahiers topos</a></p> </li> <li> <p><a class="existingWikiWord" href="/nlab/show/smooth+%E2%88%9E-groupoid">smooth ∞-groupoid</a></p> </li> <li> <p><a class="existingWikiWord" href="/nlab/show/formal+smooth+%E2%88%9E-groupoid">formal smooth ∞-groupoid</a></p> </li> <li> <p><a class="existingWikiWord" href="/nlab/show/super+formal+smooth+%E2%88%9E-groupoid">super formal smooth ∞-groupoid</a></p> </li> </ul> <p><strong><a class="existingWikiWord" href="/nlab/show/Lie+theory">Lie theory</a>, <a class="existingWikiWord" href="/nlab/show/%E2%88%9E-Lie+theory">∞-Lie theory</a></strong></p> <ul> <li> <p><a class="existingWikiWord" href="/nlab/show/Lie+algebra">Lie algebra</a>, <a class="existingWikiWord" href="/nlab/show/Lie+n-algebra">Lie n-algebra</a>, <a class="existingWikiWord" href="/nlab/show/L-%E2%88%9E+algebra">L-∞ algebra</a></p> </li> <li> <p><a class="existingWikiWord" href="/nlab/show/Lie+group">Lie group</a>, <a class="existingWikiWord" href="/nlab/show/Lie+2-group">Lie 2-group</a>, <a class="existingWikiWord" href="/nlab/show/smooth+%E2%88%9E-group">smooth ∞-group</a></p> </li> </ul> <p><strong><a class="existingWikiWord" href="/nlab/show/differential+equations">differential equations</a>, <a class="existingWikiWord" href="/nlab/show/variational+calculus">variational calculus</a></strong></p> <ul> <li> <p><a class="existingWikiWord" href="/nlab/show/D-geometry">D-geometry</a>, <a class="existingWikiWord" href="/nlab/show/D-module">D-module</a></p> </li> <li> <p><a class="existingWikiWord" href="/nlab/show/jet+bundle">jet bundle</a></p> </li> <li> <p><a class="existingWikiWord" href="/nlab/show/variational+bicomplex">variational bicomplex</a>, <a class="existingWikiWord" href="/nlab/show/Euler-Lagrange+complex">Euler-Lagrange complex</a></p> </li> <li> <p><a class="existingWikiWord" href="/nlab/show/Euler-Lagrange+equation">Euler-Lagrange equation</a>, <a class="existingWikiWord" href="/nlab/show/de+Donder-Weyl+formalism">de Donder-Weyl formalism</a>,</p> </li> <li> <p><a class="existingWikiWord" href="/nlab/show/phase+space">phase space</a></p> </li> </ul> <p><strong><a class="existingWikiWord" href="/nlab/show/Chern-Weil+theory">Chern-Weil theory</a>, <a class="existingWikiWord" href="/nlab/show/%E2%88%9E-Chern-Weil+theory">∞-Chern-Weil theory</a></strong></p> <ul> <li> <p><a class="existingWikiWord" href="/nlab/show/connection+on+a+bundle">connection on a bundle</a>, <a class="existingWikiWord" href="/nlab/show/connection+on+an+%E2%88%9E-bundle">connection on an ∞-bundle</a></p> </li> <li> <p><a class="existingWikiWord" href="/nlab/show/differential+cohomology">differential cohomology</a></p> <ul> <li> <p><a class="existingWikiWord" href="/nlab/show/ordinary+differential+cohomology">ordinary differential cohomology</a>, <a class="existingWikiWord" href="/nlab/show/Deligne+complex">Deligne complex</a></p> </li> <li> <p><a class="existingWikiWord" href="/nlab/show/differential+K-theory">differential K-theory</a></p> </li> <li> <p><a class="existingWikiWord" href="/nlab/show/differential+cobordism+cohomology">differential cobordism cohomology</a></p> </li> </ul> </li> <li> <p><a class="existingWikiWord" href="/nlab/show/parallel+transport">parallel transport</a>, <a class="existingWikiWord" href="/nlab/show/higher+parallel+transport">higher parallel transport</a>, <a class="existingWikiWord" href="/nlab/show/fiber+integration+in+differential+cohomology">fiber integration in differential cohomology</a></p> </li> <li> <p><a class="existingWikiWord" href="/nlab/show/holonomy">holonomy</a>, <a class="existingWikiWord" href="/nlab/show/higher+holonomy">higher holonomy</a></p> </li> <li> <p><a class="existingWikiWord" href="/nlab/show/gauge+theory">gauge theory</a>, <a class="existingWikiWord" href="/nlab/show/higher+gauge+theory">higher gauge theory</a></p> </li> <li> <p><a class="existingWikiWord" href="/nlab/show/Wilson+line">Wilson line</a>, <a class="existingWikiWord" href="/nlab/show/Wilson+surface">Wilson surface</a></p> </li> </ul> <p><strong><a class="existingWikiWord" href="/nlab/show/Cartan+geometry">Cartan geometry</a> (<a class="existingWikiWord" href="/nlab/show/super+Cartan+geometry">super</a>, <a class="existingWikiWord" href="/nlab/show/higher+Cartan+geometry">higher</a>)</strong></p> <ul> <li> <p><a class="existingWikiWord" href="/nlab/show/Klein+geometry">Klein geometry</a>, (<a class="existingWikiWord" href="/nlab/show/higher+Klein+geometry">higher</a>)</p> </li> <li> <p><a class="existingWikiWord" href="/nlab/show/G-structure">G-structure</a>, <a class="existingWikiWord" href="/nlab/show/torsion+of+a+G-structure">torsion of a G-structure</a></p> </li> <li> <p><a class="existingWikiWord" href="/nlab/show/Euclidean+geometry">Euclidean geometry</a>, <a class="existingWikiWord" href="/nlab/show/hyperbolic+geometry">hyperbolic geometry</a>, <a class="existingWikiWord" href="/nlab/show/elliptic+geometry">elliptic geometry</a></p> </li> <li> <p>(<a class="existingWikiWord" href="/nlab/show/pseudo-Riemannian+geometry">pseudo</a>-)<a class="existingWikiWord" href="/nlab/show/Riemannian+geometry">Riemannian geometry</a></p> <ul> <li> <p><a class="existingWikiWord" href="/nlab/show/orthogonal+structure">orthogonal structure</a></p> </li> <li> <p><a class="existingWikiWord" href="/nlab/show/isometry">isometry</a>, <a class="existingWikiWord" href="/nlab/show/Killing+vector+field">Killing vector field</a>, <a class="existingWikiWord" href="/nlab/show/Killing+spinor">Killing spinor</a></p> </li> <li> <p><a class="existingWikiWord" href="/nlab/show/spacetime">spacetime</a>, <a class="existingWikiWord" href="/nlab/show/super-spacetime">super-spacetime</a></p> </li> </ul> </li> <li> <p><a class="existingWikiWord" href="/nlab/show/complex+geometry">complex geometry</a></p> </li> <li> <p><a class="existingWikiWord" href="/nlab/show/symplectic+geometry">symplectic geometry</a></p> </li> <li> <p><a class="existingWikiWord" href="/nlab/show/conformal+geometry">conformal geometry</a></p> </li> </ul> </div></div> </div> </div> <ul> <li><a href="#idea">Idea</a></li> <li><a href="#basics">Basics</a></li> <li><a class="existingWikiWord" href="/nlab/show/examples+of+Fr%C3%B6licher+spaces">Examples</a></li> <li><a class="existingWikiWord" href="/nlab/show/Fr%C3%B6licher+spaces+and+Isbell+envelopes">Relationship</a> to <a class="existingWikiWord" href="/nlab/show/Isbell+envelope">Isbell envelope</a></li> <li><a class="existingWikiWord" href="/nlab/show/categorical+properties+of+Fr%C3%B6licher+spaces">Categorical Matters</a></li> <li><a class="existingWikiWord" href="/nlab/show/topological+notions+of+Fr%C3%B6licher+spaces">Topological Matters</a></li> <li><a class="existingWikiWord" href="/nlab/show/tangential+notions+of+Fr%C3%B6licher+spaces">Tangential Structures</a></li> <li><a href="#refs">References</a></li> </ul> <h1 id="idea">Idea</h1> <p>A Frölicher space is one flavour of a <a class="existingWikiWord" href="/nlab/show/generalized+smooth+space">generalized smooth space</a>.</p> <p>Frölicher smooth spaces are determined by a rule for</p> <ul> <li> <p>how to map the real line smoothly into it,</p> </li> <li> <p>and how to map out of the space smoothly to the real line.</p> </li> </ul> <p>In the general context of <a class="existingWikiWord" href="/nlab/show/space+and+quantity">space and quantity</a>, Frölicher spaces take an intermediate symmetric position: they are both <a class="existingWikiWord" href="/nlab/show/presheaf">presheaves</a> as well as copresheaves on their test domain (which here is the full <a class="existingWikiWord" href="/nlab/show/subcategory">subcategory</a> of manifolds on the real line) and both of these structures determine each other.</p> <p>The general abstract idea behind this is described at <a class="existingWikiWord" href="/nlab/show/Isbell+envelope">Isbell envelope</a>.</p> <div class="un_remark" style="border:solid #0000cc;background: #add8e6;border-width:2px 1px;padding:0 1em;margin:0 1em;"> <h6 id="goal">Goal</h6> <p>The intention for these pages is to develop the basic tools of differential topology for Frölicher spaces. This means taking the basic pieces of “ordinary” differential topology and considering what they might look like for Frölicher spaces; including what looks the same and what looks different.</p> <p>This project will both record existing structure and develop new ideas. It is intentionally in the main area of the <math xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" display="inline" class="maruku-mathml"><semantics><mrow><mi>n</mi></mrow><annotation encoding="application/x-tex">n</annotation></semantics></math>-Lab to encourage contributions.</p> </div> <h1 id="basics">Basics</h1> <div class="num_defn" style="border:solid #cccccc;border-width:2px 1px;padding:0 1em;margin:0 1em;" id="FroelicherSpace"> <h6 id="definition">Definition</h6> <p>A <em>Frölicher Space</em> is a triple <math xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" display="inline" class="maruku-mathml"><semantics><mrow><mo stretchy="false">(</mo><mi>X</mi><mo>,</mo><msub><mi>C</mi> <mi>X</mi></msub><mo>,</mo><msub><mi>F</mi> <mi>X</mi></msub><mo stretchy="false">)</mo></mrow><annotation encoding="application/x-tex">(X,C_X,F_X)</annotation></semantics></math> where</p> <ol> <li><math xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" display="inline" class="maruku-mathml"><semantics><mrow><mi>X</mi></mrow><annotation encoding="application/x-tex">X</annotation></semantics></math> is a set;</li> <li><math xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" display="inline" class="maruku-mathml"><semantics><mrow><msub><mi>C</mi> <mi>X</mi></msub></mrow><annotation encoding="application/x-tex">C_X</annotation></semantics></math> is a set of <em>curves</em> in <math xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" display="inline" class="maruku-mathml"><semantics><mrow><mi>X</mi></mrow><annotation encoding="application/x-tex">X</annotation></semantics></math>; that is, <math xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" display="inline" class="maruku-mathml"><semantics><mrow><msub><mi>C</mi> <mi>X</mi></msub><mo>⊆</mo><mi>Set</mi><mo stretchy="false">(</mo><mi>ℝ</mi><mo>,</mo><mi>X</mi><mo stretchy="false">)</mo></mrow><annotation encoding="application/x-tex">C_X \subseteq Set(\mathbb{R},X)</annotation></semantics></math>;</li> <li><math xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" display="inline" class="maruku-mathml"><semantics><mrow><msub><mi>F</mi> <mi>X</mi></msub></mrow><annotation encoding="application/x-tex">F_X</annotation></semantics></math> is a set of <em>functionals</em> on <math xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" display="inline" class="maruku-mathml"><semantics><mrow><mi>X</mi></mrow><annotation encoding="application/x-tex">X</annotation></semantics></math>; that is, <math xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" display="inline" class="maruku-mathml"><semantics><mrow><msub><mi>F</mi> <mi>X</mi></msub><mo>⊆</mo><mi>Set</mi><mo stretchy="false">(</mo><mi>X</mi><mo>,</mo><mi>ℝ</mi><mo stretchy="false">)</mo></mrow><annotation encoding="application/x-tex">F_X \subseteq Set(X, \mathbb{R})</annotation></semantics></math>;</li> </ol> <p>subject to the following saturation conditions</p> <ol> <li>if <math xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" display="inline" class="maruku-mathml"><semantics><mrow><mi>c</mi><mo>∈</mo><msub><mi>C</mi> <mi>X</mi></msub></mrow><annotation encoding="application/x-tex">c\in C_X</annotation></semantics></math> and <math xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" display="inline" class="maruku-mathml"><semantics><mrow><mi>f</mi><mo>∈</mo><msub><mi>F</mi> <mi>X</mi></msub></mrow><annotation encoding="application/x-tex">f\in F_X</annotation></semantics></math>, then <math xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" display="inline" class="maruku-mathml"><semantics><mrow><mi>f</mi><mi>c</mi><mo>∈</mo><msup><mi>C</mi> <mn>∞</mn></msup><mo stretchy="false">(</mo><mi>ℝ</mi><mo>,</mo><mi>ℝ</mi><mo stretchy="false">)</mo></mrow><annotation encoding="application/x-tex">f c \in C^\infty(\mathbb{R}, \mathbb{R})</annotation></semantics></math>,</li> <li>if <math xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" display="inline" class="maruku-mathml"><semantics><mrow><mi>c</mi><mo>:</mo><mi>ℝ</mi><mo>→</mo><mi>X</mi></mrow><annotation encoding="application/x-tex">c : \mathbb{R} \to X</annotation></semantics></math> is a set map with the property that <math xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" display="inline" class="maruku-mathml"><semantics><mrow><mi>f</mi><mi>c</mi><mo>∈</mo><msup><mi>C</mi> <mn>∞</mn></msup><mo stretchy="false">(</mo><mi>ℝ</mi><mo>,</mo><mi>ℝ</mi><mo stretchy="false">)</mo></mrow><annotation encoding="application/x-tex">f c \in C^\infty(\mathbb{R}, \mathbb{R})</annotation></semantics></math> for all <math xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" display="inline" class="maruku-mathml"><semantics><mrow><mi>f</mi><mo>∈</mo><msub><mi>F</mi> <mi>X</mi></msub></mrow><annotation encoding="application/x-tex">f \in F_X</annotation></semantics></math> then <math xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" display="inline" class="maruku-mathml"><semantics><mrow><mi>c</mi><mo>∈</mo><msub><mi>C</mi> <mi>X</mi></msub></mrow><annotation encoding="application/x-tex">c \in C_X</annotation></semantics></math>, and</li> <li>if <math xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" display="inline" class="maruku-mathml"><semantics><mrow><mi>f</mi><mo>:</mo><mi>X</mi><mo>→</mo><mi>ℝ</mi></mrow><annotation encoding="application/x-tex">f : X \to \mathbb{R}</annotation></semantics></math> is a set map with the property that <math xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" display="inline" class="maruku-mathml"><semantics><mrow><mi>f</mi><mi>c</mi><mo>∈</mo><msup><mi>C</mi> <mn>∞</mn></msup><mo stretchy="false">(</mo><mi>ℝ</mi><mo>,</mo><mi>ℝ</mi><mo stretchy="false">)</mo></mrow><annotation encoding="application/x-tex">f c \in C^\infty(\mathbb{R}, \mathbb{R})</annotation></semantics></math> for all <math xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" display="inline" class="maruku-mathml"><semantics><mrow><mi>c</mi><mo>∈</mo><msub><mi>C</mi> <mi>X</mi></msub></mrow><annotation encoding="application/x-tex">c \in C_X</annotation></semantics></math> then <math xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" display="inline" class="maruku-mathml"><semantics><mrow><mi>f</mi><mo>∈</mo><msub><mi>F</mi> <mi>X</mi></msub></mrow><annotation encoding="application/x-tex">f \in F_X</annotation></semantics></math>.</li> </ol> <p>A <em>morphism</em> of Frölicher spaces, say <math xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" display="inline" class="maruku-mathml"><semantics><mrow><mo stretchy="false">(</mo><mi>X</mi><mo>,</mo><msub><mi>C</mi> <mi>X</mi></msub><mo>,</mo><msub><mi>F</mi> <mi>X</mi></msub><mo stretchy="false">)</mo><mo>→</mo><mo stretchy="false">(</mo><mi>Y</mi><mo>,</mo><msub><mi>C</mi> <mi>Y</mi></msub><mo>,</mo><msub><mi>F</mi> <mi>Y</mi></msub><mo stretchy="false">)</mo></mrow><annotation encoding="application/x-tex">(X,C_X,F_X) \to (Y,C_Y,F_Y)</annotation></semantics></math> is a set map <math xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" display="inline" class="maruku-mathml"><semantics><mrow><mi>g</mi><mo>:</mo><mi>X</mi><mo>→</mo><mi>Y</mi></mrow><annotation encoding="application/x-tex">g : X \to Y</annotation></semantics></math> satisfying the following (equivalent) conditions:</p> <ol> <li><math xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" display="inline" class="maruku-mathml"><semantics><mrow><mi>g</mi><mi>c</mi><mo>∈</mo><msub><mi>C</mi> <mi>Y</mi></msub></mrow><annotation encoding="application/x-tex">g c \in C_Y</annotation></semantics></math> for all <math xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" display="inline" class="maruku-mathml"><semantics><mrow><mi>c</mi><mo>∈</mo><msub><mi>C</mi> <mi>X</mi></msub></mrow><annotation encoding="application/x-tex">c \in C_X</annotation></semantics></math>,</li> <li><math xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" display="inline" class="maruku-mathml"><semantics><mrow><mi>f</mi><mi>g</mi><mo>∈</mo><msub><mi>F</mi> <mi>X</mi></msub></mrow><annotation encoding="application/x-tex">f g \in F_X</annotation></semantics></math> for all <math xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" display="inline" class="maruku-mathml"><semantics><mrow><mi>f</mi><mo>∈</mo><msub><mi>F</mi> <mi>Y</mi></msub></mrow><annotation encoding="application/x-tex">f \in F_Y</annotation></semantics></math>,</li> <li><math xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" display="inline" class="maruku-mathml"><semantics><mrow><mi>f</mi><mi>g</mi><mi>c</mi><mo>∈</mo><msup><mi>C</mi> <mn>∞</mn></msup><mo stretchy="false">(</mo><mi>ℝ</mi><mo>,</mo><mi>ℝ</mi><mo stretchy="false">)</mo></mrow><annotation encoding="application/x-tex">f g c \in C^\infty(\mathbb{R}, \mathbb{R})</annotation></semantics></math> for all <math xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" display="inline" class="maruku-mathml"><semantics><mrow><mi>f</mi><mo>∈</mo><msub><mi>F</mi> <mi>Y</mi></msub></mrow><annotation encoding="application/x-tex">f \in F_Y</annotation></semantics></math> and <math xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" display="inline" class="maruku-mathml"><semantics><mrow><mi>c</mi><mo>∈</mo><msub><mi>C</mi> <mi>X</mi></msub></mrow><annotation encoding="application/x-tex">c \in C_X</annotation></semantics></math>.</li> </ol> </div> <p>Frölicher spaces and their morphisms form a category with an obvious faithful functor to the category of sets. The properties of this category are as follows.</p> <div class="num_theorem" id="FroelicherCategory"> <h6 id="theorem">Theorem</h6> <p>The <a class="existingWikiWord" href="/nlab/show/category">category</a> of Frölicher spaces is <a class="existingWikiWord" href="/nlab/show/complete+category">complete</a>, <a class="existingWikiWord" href="/nlab/show/cocomplete+category">cocomplete</a>, and <a class="existingWikiWord" href="/nlab/show/cartesian+closed+category">cartesian closed</a>. It is <a class="existingWikiWord" href="/nlab/show/topological+category">topological</a> over <math xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" display="inline" class="maruku-mathml"><semantics><mrow><mi>Set</mi></mrow><annotation encoding="application/x-tex">Set</annotation></semantics></math>. It is an <a class="existingWikiWord" href="/nlab/show/concrete+category">amnestic, transportable construct</a>.</p> </div> <p>To its eternal shame, the category of Frölicher spaces is <strong>not</strong> <a class="existingWikiWord" href="/nlab/show/locally+cartesian+closed+category">locally cartesian closed</a>.</p> <h1 id="refs">References</h1> <p>The notion goes back to <a class="existingWikiWord" href="/nlab/show/Alfred+Fr%C3%B6licher">Alfred Frölicher</a>.</p> <ul> <li id="KrieglandMichor1997"><a class="existingWikiWord" href="/nlab/show/Andreas+Kriegl">Andreas Kriegl</a>, <a class="existingWikiWord" href="/nlab/show/Peter+Michor">Peter Michor</a>, <em><a class="existingWikiWord" href="/nlab/show/The+Convenient+Setting+of+Global+Analysis">The Convenient Setting of Global Analysis</a></em>: Mathematical Surveys and Monographs <strong>53</strong>, American Mathematical Society (1997) [ISBN: 978-0-8218-0780-4, <a href="https://bookstore.ams.org/surv-53">ams:surv-53</a>, <a href="https://www.mat.univie.ac.at/~michor/apbookh-ams.pdf">pdf</a>]</li> </ul> <p>Survey and further references:</p> <ul> <li id="Stacey"><a class="existingWikiWord" href="/nlab/show/Andrew+Stacey">Andrew Stacey</a>, <em>Comparative Smootheology</em> Theory and Applications of Categories, Vol. 25, 2011, No. 4, pp 64-117. (<a href="http://www.tac.mta.ca/tac/volumes/25/4/25-04abs.html">tac</a>)</li> </ul> <p>A discussion of <a class="existingWikiWord" href="/nlab/show/Lie+algebra">Lie algebra</a>s on Frölicher <a class="existingWikiWord" href="/nlab/show/group">group</a>s (<a class="existingWikiWord" href="/nlab/show/group+objects">group objects</a> <a class="existingWikiWord" href="/nlab/show/internalization">internal to</a> the category of Frölicher spaces) is in</p> <ul> <li>Martin Laubinger, <em>A Lie algebra for Frölicher groups</em> (<a href="http://arxiv.org/abs/0906.4486">arXiv</a>)</li> </ul> <p>See also the unpublished thesis of Andreas Cap:</p> <ul> <li><a class="existingWikiWord" href="/nlab/show/Andreas+Cap">Andreas Cap</a>, <em>K-theory for convenient algebras</em> (<a href="http://www.mat.univie.ac.at/~michor/cap_diss.pdf">univie</a>)</li> </ul> <p>Discussion in the context of applications to <a class="existingWikiWord" href="/nlab/show/continuum+mechanics">continuum mechanics</a> is in</p> <ul> <li><a class="existingWikiWord" href="/nlab/show/William+Lawvere">William Lawvere</a>, <a class="existingWikiWord" href="/nlab/show/Stephen+Schanuel">Stephen Schanuel</a> (eds.), <em><a class="existingWikiWord" href="/nlab/show/Categories+in+Continuum+Physics">Categories in Continuum Physics</a></em>, Lectures given at a Workshop held at SUNY, Buffalo 1982, Lecture Notes in Mathematics 1174, 986</li> </ul> </body></html> </div> <div class="revisedby"> <p> Last revised on January 8, 2025 at 19:49:06. 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