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Is the space of Jordan curves in $\textbf{R}^2$ contractible? In other words, is there a canonical or continuous way to deform each Jordan curve to the unit circle $\textbf{S}^1$. If the curves are ...

I am studying spaces of the form $C^{k}(\mathcal{M},\mathcal{N})$ between manifolds ($k=\infty$ allowed) and I am looking for extensive references, especially analysing their topology and smooth ...

Let $X$ be a Riemannian compact manifold on which acts a compact Lie group $H^+$. Let $f^+ : X \rightarrow \mathbb{R} $ be a smooth function on $X$. Consider a Lie subgroup $U$ of $H^+$ and suppose ...

When reading about this question which recently became active for some reason, I wanted to make a comment, as a warning regarding non-metrizable manifolds, to the effect that the every $C^\infty$ ...

Pseudogroups are defined here: https://ncatlab.org/nlab/show/pseudogroup One of the problems with defining manifolds in terms of pseudogroups is that it gives no notion of a morphism between manifolds,...

Let $X,Y$ be finite-dimensional differentiable manifolds, and let's assume that they are connected. In fact, in applications I would like both $X$ and $Y$ to be riemannian manifolds. Let $C^\infty(X,...