Charts pulled back along a local homeomorphism #
Let p : M → B be a local homeomorphism onto a charted space B. Each point x : M has an open
neighbourhood that p maps homeomorphically onto an open subset of B; following this
homeomorphism by the preferred chart of B at p x gives a chart of M at x. These charts form
the pulled-back charted-space structure IsLocalHomeomorph.chartedSpaceComap. Every chart of M
reads a point y as the chart of B at p x reads p y.
This is how a covering space of a manifold, such as the universal cover, receives its atlas. Mathlib
pushes charts forward along a surjective local homeomorphism
(IsLocalHomeomorph.chartedSpaceOfRightInverse); this file supplies the dual construction.
The transition maps of the pulled-back atlas are restrictions of transition maps of B, so the
pulled-back charts form a C^n manifold whenever B is one, and p is then a C^n local
diffeomorphism. A map into M is C^n exactly when it is continuous and its composite with p is
C^n: in the pulled-back charts the two composites have the same coordinate expression.
Conversely, any C^n manifold structure on M for which p is a C^n local diffeomorphism is
compatible with the pulled-back charts, since a continuous map into M is C^n whenever its
composite with a C^n local diffeomorphism is.
Main definitions #
IsLocalHomeomorph.chartedSpaceComap: the charts ofBpulled back alongp.
Main results #
IsLocalHomeomorph.isManifold_chartedSpaceComap: the pulled-back charts of aC^nmanifold form aC^nmanifold.IsLocalHomeomorph.contMDiff_chartedSpaceComap_iff: a map intoMisC^nif and only if it is continuous and its composite withpisC^n; also inWithin,AtandOnforms.IsLocalHomeomorph.isLocalDiffeomorph_chartedSpaceComap:pis aC^nlocal diffeomorphism for the pulled-back charts.IsLocalHomeomorph.compatible_chartedSpaceComap: anyC^nmanifold structure onMfor whichpis aC^nlocal diffeomorphism is compatible with the pulled-back charts.
References #
- John M. Lee, Introduction to Smooth Manifolds, second edition, Graduate Texts in Mathematics 218, Springer, 2013, Chapter 4, "Smooth Covering Maps".
The charted-space structure on the source of a local homeomorphism p : M → B pulled back
from B: the chart at x is the local inverse of p at x, inverted, followed by the chart of
B at p x.
Instances For
The pulled-back chart at x is the local inverse of p at x, inverted, followed by the
chart of B at p x.
The pulled-back chart at x reads y as the chart of B at p x reads p y.
The pulled-back extended chart at x reads y as the extended chart of B at p x reads
p y.
The charts of a C^n manifold pulled back along a local homeomorphism form a C^n manifold:
their transition maps are restrictions of transition maps of the base.
A map into the source of a local homeomorphism p is C^n within s at z for the
pulled-back charts if and only if it is continuous within s at z and its composite with p is
C^n within s at z.
A map into the source of a local homeomorphism p is C^n at z for the pulled-back charts
if and only if it is continuous at z and its composite with p is C^n at z.
A map into the source of a local homeomorphism p is C^n on s for the pulled-back charts
if and only if it is continuous on s and its composite with p is C^n on s.
A map into the source of a local homeomorphism p is C^n for the pulled-back charts if and
only if it is continuous and its composite with p is C^n.
A local homeomorphism is C^n for the charts it pulls back.
A local homeomorphism onto a C^n manifold is a C^n local diffeomorphism for the charts it
pulls back.
Any C^n manifold structure on the source of a local homeomorphism p onto a C^n manifold,
for which p is a C^n local diffeomorphism, is compatible with the charts pulled back along p.
So the pulled-back structure is the only such structure, up to equivalence of atlases.