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A manifold $M$ as above is often called a topological manifold for emphasis or clarity. | A manifold $M$ as above is often called a topological manifold for emphasis or clarity. | ||
Typically, but not necessarly, the word “manifold” will mean "topological manifold with extra structure", be it [[Wikipedia:Piecewise_linear_manifold|piecewise-linear]], [[Wikipedia:Differential_manifold|smooth]], [[Wikipedia:Complex_manifold|complex]], [[Wikipedia:Symplectic_manifold|symplectic]], [[Wikipedia:Contact_manifold|contact]], [[Wikipedia:Riemannian_manifold|Riemannian]], etc. The extra structure will be emphasised or suppressed in notation and vocabulary as is appropriate. We briefly review some common categories of manifolds below. | Typically, but not necessarly, the word “manifold” will mean "topological manifold with extra structure", be it [[Wikipedia:Piecewise_linear_manifold|piecewise-linear]], [[Wikipedia:Differential_manifold|smooth]], [[Wikipedia:Complex_manifold|complex]], [[Wikipedia:Symplectic_manifold|symplectic]], [[Wikipedia:Contact_manifold|contact]], [[Wikipedia:Riemannian_manifold|Riemannian]], etc. The extra structure will be emphasised or suppressed in notation and vocabulary as is appropriate. We briefly review some common categories of manifolds below. | ||
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1 Introduction
This page defines the term “manifold” as used in the Manifold Atlas. We assume that all manifolds are of a fixed dimension n.
Definition 1.1.
An n-dimensional manifoldTex syntax erroris a second countable, Hausdorff space for which every point has a neighbourhood homeomorphic to an open subset of .
- The interior of
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, denoted , is the subset of points for which is an open subset of . - The boundary of
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, written , is the complement of . -
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is compact and is empty.
Tex syntax erroras above is often called a topological manifold for emphasis or clarity.
Typically, but not necessarly, the word “manifold” will mean "topological manifold with extra structure", be it piecewise-linear, smooth, complex, symplectic, contact, Riemannian, etc. The extra structure will be emphasised or suppressed in notation and vocabulary as is appropriate. We briefly review some common categories of manifolds below.;
2 Atlases of charts
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Let denote either the piecewise linear, smooth or complex categories where by “smooth" we indicate maps. An atlas is a Atlas if every transition function defined by the that atlas is a function: that is, we require every to be either piecewise linear, smooth of class or holomorphic. Two atlases are compatible if their union again forms a atlas and by Zorn's Lemma each atlas defines a unique maximal atlas.
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3 Riemannian Manifolds
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Definition 3.1.
A Riemannian manifold is a smooth manifoldTex syntax errortogether with a Riemannian metric .
An isometry between Riemannian manifolds is a diffeomorphism whose differential preserves the metric .