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Can we perturb a map $\mathbb{R}^n \to \mathbb{R}^n$ to have distinct singular values?

$\newcommand{\SO}[1]{\text{SO}(#1)}$ $\newcommand{\dist}{\operatorname{dist}}$ Let $\mathbb{D}^n$ be the closed $n$-dimensional unit ball, and let $f:\mathbb{D}^n \to \mathbb{R}^n$ be smooth. Set $$...
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Uniform approximation of a continuous flow by a $\mathcal{C}^1$ flow

Setup: Consider a (smooth) compact Riemannian manifold $M$, whose distance is denoted by $d$. Let $\Phi$ be a continuous flow, namely a continuous application from $\mathbb{R} \times M $ to $M$ ...