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Added further comments on the topology of tangent spaces
Riemannian Geometry course project on the manifold H¹(I, M) of class H¹ curves on a Riemannian manifold M and its applications to the geodesics problem
Added further comments on the topology of tangent spaces
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diff --git a/sections/introduction.tex b/sections/introduction.tex @@ -124,6 +124,9 @@ Banach spaces. We begin by the former. class \(C^n\) for all \(n > 0\). \end{definition} +The following lemma is also of huge importance, and it is known as \emph{the +chain rule}. + \begin{lemma}\label{thm:chain-rule} Given Banach spaces \(V_1\), \(V_2\) and \(V_3\), open subsets \(U_1 \subset V_1\) and \(U_2 \subset V_2\) and two smooth maps \(f : U_1 \to U_2\) and \(g @@ -166,19 +169,52 @@ subject can be found in \cite[ch.~1]{klingenberg} and \cite[ch.~2]{lang}. identifies two curves \(\gamma\) and \(\eta\) such that \((\varphi_i \circ \gamma)'(0) = (\varphi_i \circ \eta)'(0)\) for all \(i\) with \(p \in U_i\). - The space \(T_p M\) is a topological vector space isomorphic to \(V_i\) for - each \(i\) with \(p \in U_i\): each chart \(\varphi_i : U_i \to M\) induces a - norm in \(T_p M\)\footnote{In general $T_p M$ is not a normed space, since - the norms induced by two distinct choices of chard need not to coincide. - However, since all $V_i$'s are isomorphic as Banach spaces this norms are - all mutually equivalent, so that they define a (unique) topology in $T_p M$.} - given by the pullback of the norm of \(V_i\) through the linear isomorphism +\end{definition} + +\begin{definition} + Given \(p \in M\) and a chart \(\varphi_i : U_i \to V_i\) with \(p \in U_i\), + let \begin{align*} - \phi_i : T_p M & \isoto V_i \\ - [\gamma] & \mapsto (\varphi_i \circ \gamma)'(0) + \phi_{p, i} : T_p M & \to V_i \\ + [\gamma] & \mapsto (\varphi_i \circ \gamma)'(0) \end{align*} \end{definition} +\begin{lemma} + Given \(p \in M\) and a chart \(\varphi_i\) with \(p \in U_i\), \(\phi_{p, + i}\) is a linear isomorphism. For any given charts \(\varphi_i, \varphi_j\), + the pullback of the norms of \(V_i\) and \(V_j\) by \(\varphi_i\) and + \(\varphi_j\) respectively define equivalent norms in \(T_p M\). In + particular, any choice chart gives \(T_p M\) the structure of a topological + vector space, and this topology is independent of this choice\footnote{In + general $T_p M$ is not a normed space, since the norms induced by two + distinct choices of chard need not to coincide. Nevertheless, the topology + induced by this norms is the same.}. +\end{lemma} + +\begin{proof} + The first statement about \(\phi_{p, i}\) being a linear isomorphism should + be clear from the definition of \(T_p M\). The second statement about the + equivalence of the norms is equivalent to checking that \(\phi_{p, i} \circ + \phi_{p, j}^{-1} : V_j \to V_i\) is continuous for each \(i\) and \(j\) with + \(p \in U_i\) and \(p \in U_j\). + + But this follows immediately from the identity + \[ + \begin{split} + (\phi_{p, i} \circ \phi_{p, j}^{-1}) v + & = (\varphi_i \circ \varphi_j^{-1} \circ \gamma_v)'(0) \\ + \text{(chain rule)} + & = (d \varphi_i \circ \varphi_j^{-1})_{\varphi_j(p)} \dot\gamma_v(0) \\ + & = (d \varphi_i \circ \varphi_j^{-1})_{\varphi_j(p)} v + \end{split} + \] + where \(v \in V_j\) and \(\gamma_v : (-\epsilon, \epsilon) \to V_j\) is any + smooth curve with \(\gamma_v(0) = \varphi_j(p)\) and \(\dot\gamma_v(0) = v\). + In other words, \(\phi_{p, i} \circ \phi_{p, j}^{-1} = (d \varphi_i \circ + \varphi_j^{-1})_{\varphi_j(p)}\) is continuous by definition. +\end{proof} + Notice that a single Banach manifold may be ``modeled after'' multiple Banach spaces, in the sense that the \(V_i\)'s of definition~\ref{def:banach-manifold} may vary with \(i\). Lemma~\ref{thm:chain-rule} implies that for each \(i\) and