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Smooth manifolds and smooth functions between them. For manifolds with additional structure, see more specific tags, such as [riemannian-geometry]. For more topological aspects, see [differential-topology].

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Smooth functions with values in bornological vector space

Let $U$ be an open set in $\mathbb{R}^n$ (or more generally, a manifold) and let $V$ be a separated bornological vector space. Do we have $$C^\infty(U, V) \cong C^\infty(U) \,\hat{\otimes}\, V,$$ as b …
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Differential Forms in Infinite Dimensions

In Kriegl/Michor's book "The convenient setting of global analysis", they define the space of differential $k$-forms on a possibly infinite-dimensional manifold $M$ as the space of smooth sections of …
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Conjugacy of $L_X$ operators

For appropriate choices of $i$, $j$ (e.g. $i+j \neq n$), $\Omega^i(M)$ and $\Omega^j(M)$ have different ranks as $C^\infty(M)$ module, so at least they cannot be isomorphic as modules. Maybe they coul …
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heat kernel on closed manifolds - error in Chavel's book?

Yes, there is indeed a mistake. Chavels Lemma 2 on page 153 tells you that $$L(H_k * F) = (LH_k)*F - F,$$ so if you define $F = \sum_{l=1}^\infty (LH_k)^{*l}$ and $p= H_k + H_k * F$, then $$ L p = LH_ …
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Second order calculus and rough paths

In Emery's book "Stochastic calculus in manifolds", he shows how to make sense of integrals of the form $$ \int \langle\Theta_t, \mathbf{d} X_t\rangle,$$ where $X$ is a semimartingale on a manifold $M …
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Why differential forms are important?

In Chern-Weil Theory, characteristic classes appear as certain closed differential forms associated to vector bundles with connections (constructed via the curvature form of the connection). When yo …
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Exponential mapping versus flow

In Hamilton's article on the Nash-Moser Theorem, he gives the map that maps a vector field $X$ to its flow $e^{tX}$ in $\mathrm{Diff}(M)$ as an example where the implicit function theorem in Frechet s …
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Does every vector bundle allow a finite trivialization cover?

I wonder that this was not said before. Take a triangulation of your manifold. Choose disjoint open balls around each 0-cell in the triangulation and set the union to be $U_0$ (a ball means here some …
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Hilbert manifolds and embedding

In the Wikipedia article on Hilbert manifolds, it is claimed that every Hilbert manifold can be smoothly embedded onto an open subset of the model Hilbert space. However, no explicit reference is give …
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Index theorems and orientability

Given a Dirac operator $D$ acting on some Clifford bundle $\mathcal{E}$ over a compact, even-dimensional, oriented manifold $M$, the Atiyah-Singer index theorem states that its index is given by pairi …
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An invariant method of stationary phase

The method of stationary phase is very well-known and employed in many areas of physics and mathematics, and, of course, included in various versions as theorem in textbooks, especially on pseudors an …
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Boundary of unstable manifold

Let $X$ be a vector field on a compact manifold $M$ that has the form $$ X = \lambda_1 x^1 \partial_1 + \dots + \lambda_n x^n \partial_n + \dots$$ with respect to some chart $x$ around a point $p$. Al …
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