Local diffeomorphism

Local diffeomorphism

In mathematics, a local diffeomorphism is a smooth map "f" : "M" → "N" between smooth manifolds such that for every point "p" of "M" there exists an open neighbourhood "U" of "p" such that "f"("U") is open in "N" and "f"|"U" : "U" → "f"("U") is a diffeomorphism.

Note that:
*Every local diffeomorphism is also a local homeomorphism and therefore an open map.
*A diffeomorphism is a bijective local diffeomorphism.

According to the inverse function theorem, a smooth map "f" : "M" → "N" is a local diffeomorphism if and only if the derivative "Df""p" : "TpM" → "T""f"("p")"N" is a linear isomorphism for all points "p" in "M". Note that this implies that "M" and "N" must have the same dimension.

Local flow diffeomorphisms

See also

*Spacetime symmetries


Wikimedia Foundation. 2010.

Игры ⚽ Поможем написать курсовую

Look at other dictionaries:

  • Diffeomorphism — In mathematics, a diffeomorphism is an isomorphism in the category of smooth manifolds. It is an invertible function that maps one differentiable manifold to another, such that both the function and its inverse are smooth. The image of a… …   Wikipedia

  • Local homeomorphism — In topology, a local homeomorphism is a map from one topological space to another that respects locally the topological structure of the two spaces. More precisely, a continuous map f : X rarr; Y is a local homeomorphism if for every point x of X …   Wikipedia

  • Local property — In mathematics, a phenomenon is sometimes said to occur locally if, roughly speaking, it occurs on sufficiently small or arbitrarily small neighborhoods of points. Contents 1 Properties of a single space 1.1 Examples 2 Properties of a pair of… …   Wikipedia

  • Representation theory of diffeomorphism groups — In mathematics, a source for the representation theory of the group of diffeomorphisms of a smooth manifold M is the initial observation that (for M connected) that group acts transitively on M .HistoryA survey paper from 1975 of the subject by… …   Wikipedia

  • Anosov diffeomorphism — In mathematics, more particularly in the fields of dynamical systems and geometric topology, an Anosov map on a manifold M is a certain type of mapping, from M to itself, with rather clearly marked local directions of expansion and contraction .… …   Wikipedia

  • Differential geometry of surfaces — Carl Friedrich Gauss in 1828 In mathematics, the differential geometry of surfaces deals with smooth surfaces with various additional structures, most often, a Riemannian metric. Surfaces have been extensively studied from various perspectives:… …   Wikipedia

  • Cartan's equivalence method — In mathematics, Cartan s equivalence method is a technique in differential geometry for determining whether two geometrical structures are the same up to a diffeomorphism. For example, if M and N are two Riemannian manifolds with metrics g and h …   Wikipedia

  • Jet (mathematics) — In mathematics, the jet is an operation which takes a differentiable function f and produces a polynomial, the truncated Taylor polynomial of f , at each point of its domain. Although this is the definition of a jet, the theory of jets regards… …   Wikipedia

  • Difféomorphisme — En mathématiques, un difféomorphisme est un isomorphisme dans la catégorie des variétés différentielles : c est une bijection différentiable d une variété dans une autre, dont la bijection réciproque est aussi différentiable. Image d une… …   Wikipédia en Français

  • Differential topology — In mathematics, differential topology is the field dealing with differentiable functions on differentiable manifolds. It is closely related to differential geometry and together they make up the geometric theory of differentiable manifolds.… …   Wikipedia

Share the article and excerpts

Direct link
Do a right-click on the link above
and select “Copy Link”