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differentiable manifolds

differentiable manifolds is the plural of differentiable manifold.

Meaning of differentiable manifold

Noun

differentiable manifold (plural differentiable manifolds)

  1. (differential geometry) A manifold that is locally similar enough to a Euclidean space (ℝⁿ) to allow one to do calculus;
    • The charts (homeomorphisms) that make up any differentiable structure of a differentiable manifold are required to be such that the transition from one to another is differentiable.
  2. (differential geometry, more formally) a manifold that can be equipped with a differentiable structure (an atlas of ℝⁿ-compatible charts).

Questions about differentiable manifolds

What is differentiable manifolds the plural of?
Differentiable manifolds is the plural of differentiable manifold.

Words near differentiable manifolds in the dictionary

  1. differentia
  2. differentiabilities
  3. differentiability
  4. differentiable
  5. differentiable manifold
  6. differentiable manifolds
  7. differentiably
  8. differentiae
  9. differential
  10. differential calculus
  11. differential diagnoses

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