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Let $E\to M$ be a real smooth vector bundle and $N_{1},N_{2},\ldots,N_{k}$ are disjoint compact (proper) submanifolds of $M$. Are there smooth sections $s_{1},s_{2},\ldots,s_{k}$ such tha …

Let $X$ be a connected topological space. Let $E$ be a $k$ dimensional sub vector bundle of the trivial vector bundle $X\times \mathbb{R}^n$. Then $E$ defines an idempotent with trace $k$ in $M_n(C(X) …

Is there a manifold $M$ such that for every $x\in M$, $M-\{x\}$ is not parallelizable but there is a finite set $S\subset M$, with $\# S>1$, such that $M-S$ is parallelizable?

Let $M$ be a $n$ dimensional manifold and $p:TM\to M$ be the projection map. Then $\ker Dp$ is a $n$ dimensional vector bundle on $TM$, as a sub bundle of $TT(M)$. For what type of manifolds, …

We identify the vector space tensor product $\mathbb{R}^{m} \otimes \mathbb{R}^{n}$ with $\mathbb{R}^{mn}$ Let $X$ be the space of all non zero simple tensors $X=\{a\otimes b \mid a\in \math …

Let $X$ be a Hausdorff topological space. It is well-known that every vector bundle on $X$ possesses a continuous inner product, provided that $X$ is paracompact. Is the converse true? -- Namely assum …

Let X be a Hausdorff space such that every real vector bundle on X is summand of a trivial bundle. Does this imply that X is homotopy equivalent to a compact Hausdorf space? This question …

Assume that $M$ is the long line. Is $TM$, the tangent bundle, isomorphic to $T^{*}(M)$, the cotangent bundle?

Let $M$ be a manifold with the property that $f^{*}(TM)$ is isomorphic to TM, for every diffeomorphism $f$ on $M$. Does this imply that $M$ is parallelizable?

Let $(E,M,p)$ be a n dimensinal smooth vector bundle where $M$ is a k dimensional manifold. We assign to $M$, two different vector bundles $F_{1}$ and $F_{2}$ over $M$ as follows: 1)$TE$ is a vec …

Let $E$ be a Riemannian vector bundle over a manifold. Can $E$ be considered as a subbundle of trivial bundle $M\times \mathbb{R}^n$ for some $n$ such that the metric of each fiber is the restriction …

Is the unit tangent bundle of $S^{n}$ a parallelizable manifold. This is motivated by the fact that $TS^{n}$ is parallelizable?

Is there a fiber bundle $(E,B, \mathbb{R}^{n})$, with typical fiber $\mathbb{R}^{n}$, such that there is no any $n$-dimensional vector bundle structure on the pair $(E,B)$? That is there …

What is a smooth two dimensional real vector bundle $E$ over $S^{2}$ such that the total space $E$, as a smooth four manifold, does not admit a symplectic structure? To what extent a …

Let $X$ be a compact Hausdorff space.Put $Vec(X)$, the space of all real (or complex) vector bundles over $X$.We put also $Vec_g(X)$, the space of all Riemannian vector bundles over $X$, that is the s …