Let M,N be real smooth manifolds and p:M-->N a smooth map. Then smooth functions on M form a module over the ring of smooth functions on N (via pullback). Is it know whether this module is flat when p is a submersion or fiber bundle?
Recall that flatness is equivalent to the following: whenever h1 ... hk are smooth functions on N and g1 ... gk are smooth functions on M such that:
h1g1 + ... + hkgk = 0 (as function on M)
then there are functions G1 ... Gr on M and ai,j on N such that:
gi= Σj ai,jGj for all i
and Σi hi ai,j= 0 for all j.