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Let M be a hyperbolic 3-manifold, let $g_{t}$ be a smooth family of hyperbolic metrics on M. It is known that in this case we can find a family of devlopping maps $dev_{g_{t}}:\tilde{M} \to \mathbb{H}^3$ which is smooth in t, namely $\forall x \in \tilde{M}$, $t \mapsto dev_{g_{t}}(x)$ is smooth.

An e example of such family is the following: fix $x_{0} \in \mathbb{H}^3$, $p_{0} \in \tilde{M}$, and an isometry $I:T_{p_{0}}\tilde{M} \to T_{x_{0}}\mathbb{H}^{3}$ and assume that $ \forall t$ $dev_{g_{t}}(p_{0}) = x_{0}$ and $d_{p_{0}}dev_{g_{t}}= I$.

My question is: -why the last example is correct ?
A known fact is that any isometry between two connected complete Riemannian manifolds can uniquely be determined by its image at one point and its differential at that point (I think probably the exemple follows from this fact but I don't see how)

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  • $\begingroup$ exponential map $\endgroup$
    – Ben McKay
    Commented Nov 29, 2022 at 19:46
  • $\begingroup$ Thank you. But I still can't see why dev_{g_{t}} is smooth with respect to t $\endgroup$
    – AMHG
    Commented Nov 29, 2022 at 20:04
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    $\begingroup$ The smooth dependence of the exponential map on the metric is the smooth dependence of solutions of ordinary differential equations on parameters in the equations. $\endgroup$
    – Ben McKay
    Commented Nov 29, 2022 at 20:38

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