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I'm currently reading Michor, Manifold of Mappings for Continuum Mechanics. In this paper he makes use of 'Whitney Jets' but takes it to be an already understood concept. I'm familiar with jets but have not come across Whitney jets in my reading. Googling the term didn't help as it brought up a slew of papers who also assumed the notion as known.

Q. What is a Whitney jet, how does it differ from an ordinary jet and what is it useful for. Also a recent reference for the definition would be useful.

I'm currently reading Michor, Manifold of Mappings for Continuum Mechanics. In this paper he makes use of 'Whitney Jets' but takes it to be an already understood concept. I'm familiar with jets but have not come across Whitney jets in my reading. Googling the term didn't help as it brought up a slew of papers who also assumed the notion as known.

Q. What is a Whitney jet, how does it differ from an ordinary jet and what is it useful. Also a recent reference for the definition would be useful.

I'm currently reading Michor, Manifold of Mappings for Continuum Mechanics. In this paper he makes use of 'Whitney Jets' but takes it to be an already understood concept. I'm familiar with jets but have not come across Whitney jets in my reading. Googling the term didn't help as it brought up a slew of papers who also assumed the notion as known.

Q. What is a Whitney jet, how does it differ from an ordinary jet and what is it useful for. Also a recent reference for the definition would be useful.

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Mozibur Ullah
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What is a Whitney Jet?

I'm currently reading Michor, Manifold of Mappings for Continuum Mechanics. In this paper he makes use of 'Whitney Jets' but takes it to be an already understood concept. I'm familiar with jets but have not come across Whitney jets in my reading. Googling the term didn't help as it brought up a slew of papers who also assumed the notion as known.

Q. What is a Whitney jet, how does it differ from an ordinary jet and what is it useful. Also a recent reference for the definition would be useful.