Smooth

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Note: there are many definitions of smooth and it changes a lot between books - I shall be consistent in this wiki and mention the others

Definition

Here URn is open, and VRm is also open, we say a function[1] F:UV is smooth, C or infinitely differentiable if:

  • Each component function (Fi for 1imN has continuous partial derivatives of all orders

TODO: Expand this to a more formal one - like the one from Loring W. Tu's book



Warning about diffeomorphisms

A F is a Diffeomorphism if it is bijective, smooth and the inverse F1 is also smooth.

References

  1. Jump up John M Lee - Introduction to smooth manifolds - Second Edition