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differentiable manifolds</a></p> <p><a class="existingWikiWord" href="/nlab/show/geometry+of+physics">geometry of physics</a>: <a class="existingWikiWord" href="/nlab/show/geometry+of+physics+--+coordinate+systems">coordinate systems</a>, <a class="existingWikiWord" href="/nlab/show/geometry+of+physics+--+smooth+spaces">smooth spaces</a>, <a class="existingWikiWord" href="/nlab/show/geometry+of+physics+--+manifolds+and+orbifolds">manifolds</a>, <a class="existingWikiWord" href="/nlab/show/geometry+of+physics+--+smooth+homotopy+types">smooth homotopy types</a>, <a class="existingWikiWord" 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> 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<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> <h1 id="contents">Contents</h1> <div class='maruku_toc'> <ul> <li><a href='#definition'>Definition</a></li> <li><a href='#properties'>Properties</a></li> <ul> <li><a href='#RelationHomeomorphism'>Relation to homeomorphisms</a></li> <ul> <li><a href='#observation'>Observation</a></li> </ul> <li><a href='#RelationToHomotopyEquivalences'>Relation to homotopy equivalences</a></li> </ul> <li><a href='#related_concepts'>Related concepts</a></li> <li><a href='#references'>References</a></li> </ul> </div> <h2 id="definition">Definition</h2> <p>Given two <math xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" display="inline" class="maruku-mathml"><semantics><mrow><mi>k</mi></mrow><annotation encoding="application/x-tex">k</annotation></semantics></math>-times <a class="existingWikiWord" href="/nlab/show/differentiable+manifolds">differentiable manifolds</a> (or <a class="existingWikiWord" href="/nlab/show/smooth+manifolds">smooth manifolds</a>), then a <em>diffeomorphism</em></p> <div class="maruku-equation"><math xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" display="block" class="maruku-mathml"><semantics><mrow><mi>f</mi><mspace width="thickmathspace"></mspace><mo lspace="verythinmathspace">:</mo><mspace width="thickmathspace"></mspace><mi>X</mi><mo>⟶</mo><mi>Y</mi></mrow><annotation encoding="application/x-tex"> f \;\colon\; X \longrightarrow Y </annotation></semantics></math></div> <p>is a <a class="existingWikiWord" href="/nlab/show/differentiable+function">differentiable function</a> such that there exists an <a class="existingWikiWord" href="/nlab/show/inverse">inverse</a> differentiabe function <math xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" display="inline" class="maruku-mathml"><semantics><mrow><msup><mi>f</mi> <mrow><mo lspace="verythinmathspace" rspace="0em">−</mo><mn>1</mn></mrow></msup></mrow><annotation encoding="application/x-tex">f^{-1}</annotation></semantics></math> (a function which is an <a class="existingWikiWord" href="/nlab/show/inverse+function">inverse function</a> on the underlying sets and is itself <a class="existingWikiWord" href="/nlab/show/differentiable+function">differentiable</a> to the given degree).</p> <p>Diffeomorphisms are the <a class="existingWikiWord" href="/nlab/show/isomorphisms">isomorphisms</a> in the corrresponding <a class="existingWikiWord" href="/nlab/show/category">category</a> <a class="existingWikiWord" href="/nlab/show/Diff">Diff</a> of <a class="existingWikiWord" href="/nlab/show/differentiable+manifolds">differentiable manifolds</a>/<a class="existingWikiWord" href="/nlab/show/smooth+manifolds">smooth manifolds</a>.</p> <h2 id="properties">Properties</h2> <h3 id="RelationHomeomorphism">Relation to homeomorphisms</h3> <p>It is clear that</p> <div class="num_lemma"> <h6 id="observation">Observation</h6> <p>Every diffeomorphism is in particular a <a class="existingWikiWord" href="/nlab/show/homeomorphism">homeomorphism</a> between the underlying <a class="existingWikiWord" href="/nlab/show/topological+spaces">topological spaces</a>.</p> </div> <p>The converse in general fails. There exist differentiable maps with only continuous inverse. There are also differentiable bijections whose inverse is not even continuous.</p> <div class="num_example"> <h6 id="example">Example</h6> <p>The function <math xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" display="inline" class="maruku-mathml"><semantics><mrow><mi>f</mi><mo>:</mo><mi>ℝ</mi><mo>→</mo><mi>ℝ</mi></mrow><annotation encoding="application/x-tex">f : \mathbb{R} \to \mathbb{R}</annotation></semantics></math> given by <math xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" display="inline" class="maruku-mathml"><semantics><mrow><mi>x</mi><mo>↦</mo><msup><mi>x</mi> <mn>3</mn></msup></mrow><annotation encoding="application/x-tex">x \mapsto x^3</annotation></semantics></math> is a homeomorphism but not a diffeomorphism. The diffeomorphism property fails at the origin, where the differential <math xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" display="inline" class="maruku-mathml"><semantics><mrow><mi>d</mi><mi>f</mi><mo>:</mo><msub><mi>T</mi> <mn>0</mn></msub><mi>ℝ</mi><mo>→</mo><msub><mi>T</mi> <mn>0</mn></msub><mi>ℝ</mi></mrow><annotation encoding="application/x-tex">d f : T_0 \mathbb{R} \to T_0 \mathbb{R}</annotation></semantics></math> is not onto.</p> </div> <p>But there is a rich collection of theorems about cases when the converse is true after all.</p> <div class="num_defn"> <h6 id="definition_2">Definition</h6> <p>For <math xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" display="inline" class="maruku-mathml"><semantics><mrow><mi>n</mi><mo>∈</mo><mi>ℕ</mi></mrow><annotation encoding="application/x-tex">n \in \mathbb{N}</annotation></semantics></math>, the <strong><a class="existingWikiWord" href="/nlab/show/open+n-ball">open n-ball</a></strong> <math xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" display="inline" class="maruku-mathml"><semantics><mrow><msup><mi>𝔹</mi> <mi>n</mi></msup></mrow><annotation encoding="application/x-tex">\mathbb{B}^n</annotation></semantics></math> is the open subset</p> <div class="maruku-equation"><math xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" display="block" class="maruku-mathml"><semantics><mrow><msup><mi>𝔹</mi> <mi>n</mi></msup><mo>=</mo><mo stretchy="false">{</mo><mover><mi>x</mi><mo stretchy="false">→</mo></mover><mo>∈</mo><msup><mi>ℝ</mi> <mi>n</mi></msup><mo stretchy="false">|</mo><munderover><mo lspace="thinmathspace" rspace="thinmathspace">∑</mo> <mrow><mi>i</mi><mo>=</mo><mn>1</mn></mrow> <mi>n</mi></munderover><mo stretchy="false">(</mo><msup><mi>x</mi> <mi>i</mi></msup><msup><mo stretchy="false">)</mo> <mn>2</mn></msup><mo><</mo><mn>1</mn><mo stretchy="false">}</mo><mo>⊂</mo><msup><mi>ℝ</mi> <mi>n</mi></msup></mrow><annotation encoding="application/x-tex"> \mathbb{B}^n = \{ \vec x \in \mathbb{R}^n | \sum_{i = 1}^n (x^i)^2 \lt 1 \} \subset \mathbb{R}^n </annotation></semantics></math></div> <p>of the <a class="existingWikiWord" href="/nlab/show/Cartesian+space">Cartesian space</a> <math xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" display="inline" class="maruku-mathml"><semantics><mrow><msup><mi>ℝ</mi> <mi>n</mi></msup></mrow><annotation encoding="application/x-tex">\mathbb{R}^n</annotation></semantics></math> of all points of <a class="existingWikiWord" href="/nlab/show/distance">distance</a> lower than 1 from the origin. This inherits the structure of a <a class="existingWikiWord" href="/nlab/show/smooth+manifold">smooth manifold</a> from the embedding into <math xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" display="inline" class="maruku-mathml"><semantics><mrow><msup><mi>ℝ</mi> <mi>n</mi></msup></mrow><annotation encoding="application/x-tex">\mathbb{R}^n</annotation></semantics></math>.</p> </div> <div class="num_theorem"> <h6 id="theorem">Theorem</h6> <p>In <a class="existingWikiWord" href="/nlab/show/dimension">dimension</a> <math xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" display="inline" class="maruku-mathml"><semantics><mrow><mi>d</mi><mo>∈</mo><mi>ℕ</mi></mrow><annotation encoding="application/x-tex">d \in \mathbb{N}</annotation></semantics></math> for <math xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" display="inline" class="maruku-mathml"><semantics><mrow><mi>d</mi><mo>≠</mo><mn>4</mn></mrow><annotation encoding="application/x-tex">d \neq 4</annotation></semantics></math> we have:</p> <p>every open subset of <math xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" display="inline" class="maruku-mathml"><semantics><mrow><msup><mi>ℝ</mi> <mi>d</mi></msup></mrow><annotation encoding="application/x-tex">\mathbb{R}^d</annotation></semantics></math> which is homeomorphic to <math xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" display="inline" class="maruku-mathml"><semantics><mrow><msup><mi>𝔹</mi> <mi>d</mi></msup></mrow><annotation encoding="application/x-tex">\mathbb{B}^d</annotation></semantics></math> is also diffeomorphic to it.</p> </div> <p>See the first page of (<a href="#Ozols">Ozols</a>) for a list of references.</p> <blockquote> <p>What’s a good/canonical textbook reference for this?</p> </blockquote> <div class="num_remark"> <h6 id="remark">Remark</h6> <p>In dimension 4 the analog statement fails due to the existence of <a class="existingWikiWord" href="/nlab/show/exotic+smooth+structure">exotic smooth structure</a>s on <math xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" display="inline" class="maruku-mathml"><semantics><mrow><msup><mi>ℝ</mi> <mn>4</mn></msup></mrow><annotation encoding="application/x-tex">\mathbb{R}^4</annotation></semantics></math>.</p> </div> <div class="num_theorem"> <h6 id="theorem_2">Theorem</h6> <p>For <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> and <math xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" display="inline" class="maruku-mathml"><semantics><mrow><mi>Y</mi></mrow><annotation encoding="application/x-tex">Y</annotation></semantics></math> smooth manifolds of dimension <math xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" display="inline" class="maruku-mathml"><semantics><mrow><mi>d</mi><mo>=</mo><mn>1</mn></mrow><annotation encoding="application/x-tex">d = 1</annotation></semantics></math>, <math xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" display="inline" class="maruku-mathml"><semantics><mrow><mi>d</mi><mo>=</mo><mn>2</mn></mrow><annotation encoding="application/x-tex">d = 2</annotation></semantics></math> or <math xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" display="inline" class="maruku-mathml"><semantics><mrow><mi>d</mi><mo>=</mo><mn>3</mn></mrow><annotation encoding="application/x-tex">d = 3</annotation></semantics></math> we have:</p> <p>if there is a homeomorphism from <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> to <math xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" display="inline" class="maruku-mathml"><semantics><mrow><mi>Y</mi></mrow><annotation encoding="application/x-tex">Y</annotation></semantics></math>, then there is also a diffeomorphism.</p> </div> <p>See the corollary on p. 2 of (<a href="#Munkres">Munkres</a>).</p> <h3 id="RelationToHomotopyEquivalences">Relation to homotopy equivalences</h3> <p>For the following kinds of manifolds <math xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" display="inline" class="maruku-mathml"><semantics><mrow><mi>Σ</mi></mrow><annotation encoding="application/x-tex">\Sigma</annotation></semantics></math> it is true that every <a class="existingWikiWord" href="/nlab/show/homotopy+equivalence">homotopy equivalence</a></p> <div class="maruku-equation"><math xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" display="block" class="maruku-mathml"><semantics><mrow><mi>α</mi><mo lspace="verythinmathspace">:</mo><mi>Π</mi><mo stretchy="false">(</mo><mi>Σ</mi><mo stretchy="false">)</mo><mover><mo>⟶</mo><mo>≃</mo></mover><mi>Π</mi><mo stretchy="false">(</mo><mi>Σ</mi><mo stretchy="false">)</mo></mrow><annotation encoding="application/x-tex"> \alpha \colon \Pi(\Sigma) \stackrel{\simeq}{\longrightarrow} \Pi(\Sigma) </annotation></semantics></math></div> <p>(hence every <a class="existingWikiWord" href="/nlab/show/equivalence+of+infinity-groupoids">equivalence</a> of their <a class="existingWikiWord" href="/nlab/show/fundamental+infinity-groupoids">fundamental infinity-groupoids</a>) is <a class="existingWikiWord" href="/nlab/show/homotopy">homotopic</a> to a <a class="existingWikiWord" href="/nlab/show/diffeomorphism">diffeomorphism</a></p> <div class="maruku-equation"><math xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" display="block" class="maruku-mathml"><semantics><mrow><mi>a</mi><mo lspace="verythinmathspace">:</mo><mi>Σ</mi><mover><mo>⟶</mo><mo>≃</mo></mover><mi>Σ</mi></mrow><annotation encoding="application/x-tex"> a \colon \Sigma \stackrel{\simeq}{\longrightarrow} \Sigma </annotation></semantics></math></div> <p>i.e. that given <math xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" display="inline" class="maruku-mathml"><semantics><mrow><mi>α</mi></mrow><annotation encoding="application/x-tex">\alpha</annotation></semantics></math> there is <math xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" display="inline" class="maruku-mathml"><semantics><mrow><mi>a</mi></mrow><annotation encoding="application/x-tex">a</annotation></semantics></math> with</p> <div class="maruku-equation"><math xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" display="block" class="maruku-mathml"><semantics><mrow><mi>α</mi><mo>≃</mo><mi>Π</mi><mo stretchy="false">(</mo><mi>a</mi><mo stretchy="false">)</mo><mspace width="thinmathspace"></mspace><mo>.</mo></mrow><annotation encoding="application/x-tex"> \alpha \simeq \Pi(a) \,. </annotation></semantics></math></div> <ul> <li> <p>for <math xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" display="inline" class="maruku-mathml"><semantics><mrow><mi>Σ</mi></mrow><annotation encoding="application/x-tex">\Sigma</annotation></semantics></math> any <a class="existingWikiWord" href="/nlab/show/surface">surface</a> (<a href="#ZieschangVogtColdeway">Zieschang-Vogt-Coldeway</a>)</p> </li> <li> <p>for <math xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" display="inline" class="maruku-mathml"><semantics><mrow><mi>Σ</mi></mrow><annotation encoding="application/x-tex">\Sigma</annotation></semantics></math> a <a class="existingWikiWord" href="/nlab/show/Haken+3-manifold">Haken 3-manifold</a> (<a href="#Waldhausen68">Waldhausen</a>)</p> </li> <li> <p>for <math xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" display="inline" class="maruku-mathml"><semantics><mrow><mi>Σ</mi></mrow><annotation encoding="application/x-tex">\Sigma</annotation></semantics></math> any <a class="existingWikiWord" href="/nlab/show/hyperbolic+manifold">hyperbolic manifold</a> of finite <a class="existingWikiWord" href="/nlab/show/volume">volume</a> and of <a class="existingWikiWord" href="/nlab/show/dimension">dimension</a> <math xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" display="inline" class="maruku-mathml"><semantics><mrow><mo>≥</mo><mn>3</mn></mrow><annotation encoding="application/x-tex">\geq 3</annotation></semantics></math> (by <a class="existingWikiWord" href="/nlab/show/Mostow+rigidity+theorem">Mostow rigidity theorem</a>) (check)</p> </li> </ul> <p>A review of results and relevant literature is also on the first page of (<a href="#HassScott92">Hass-Scott 92</a>)-</p> <h2 id="related_concepts">Related concepts</h2> <ul> <li> <p><a class="existingWikiWord" href="/nlab/show/diffeomorphism+group">diffeomorphism group</a></p> </li> <li> <p><a class="existingWikiWord" href="/nlab/show/coordinate+transformation">coordinate transformation</a></p> </li> <li> <p><a class="existingWikiWord" href="/nlab/show/general+covariance">general covariance</a></p> </li> <li> <p><a class="existingWikiWord" href="/nlab/show/super-diffeomorphism">super-diffeomorphism</a></p> </li> </ul> <h2 id="references">References</h2> <ul> <li id="Ozols"> <p>V. Ozols, <em>Largest normal neighbourhoods</em> Proceedings of the American Mathematical Society Vol. 61, No. 1 (Nov., 1976), pp. 99-101 (<a href="http://www.jstor.org/stable/2041672">jstor</a>) (<a href="http://www.ams.org/journals/proc/1976-061-01/home.html">AMS</a>: <a href="http://www.ams.org/journals/proc/1976-061-01/S0002-9939-1976-0431220-4/S0002-9939-1976-0431220-4.pdf">pdf</a>)</p> </li> <li id="Munkres"> <p><a class="existingWikiWord" href="/nlab/show/James+Munkres">James Munkres</a>, <em>Obstructions to the smoothing of piecewise-differentiable homeomorphisms</em> Bull. Amer. Math. Soc. Volume 65, Number 5 (1959), 332-334. (<a href="http://projecteuclid.org/euclid.bams/1183523321">Euclid</a>)(<a href="http://www.ams.org/journals/bull/1959-65-05/">AMS</a>: <a href="http://www.ams.org/journals/bull/1959-65-05/S0002-9904-1959-10345-1/S0002-9904-1959-10345-1.pdf">pdf</a>)</p> </li> <li id="ZieschangVogtColdeway"> <p>Zieschang, Vogt and Coldeway, <em>Surfaces and planar discontinuous groups</em></p> </li> <li id="Waldhausen68"> <p><a class="existingWikiWord" href="/nlab/show/Friedhelm+Waldhausen">Friedhelm Waldhausen</a>, <em>On Irreducible 3-Manifolds Which are Sufficiently Large</em>, Annals of Mathematics</p> <p>Second Series, Vol. 87, No. 1 (Jan., 1968), pp. 56-88 (<a href="http://www.jstor.org/stable/1970594">JSTOR</a>)</p> </li> <li id="HassScott92"> <p>Joel Hass, Peter Scott, <em>Homotopy equivalence and homeomoprhism of 3-manifolds</em>, Topology, Vol. 31, No. 3 (1992) pp. 493-517 (<a href="http://deepblue.lib.umich.edu/bitstream/handle/2027.42/29969/0000331.pdf?sequence=1">pdf</a>)</p> </li> </ul> </body></html> </div> <div class="revisedby"> <p> Last revised on June 28, 2017 at 14:46:58. 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