Null sets on manifolds #
This file defines chartwise nullity for subsets of a charted manifold, without installing a measurable structure on the manifold itself. The definition is independent of the choice of Haar measure on the model and has the usual subset and countable-union closure properties. On a manifold with a finite-dimensional model a null set has empty interior, so its complement is dense; this is how Sard's theorem produces regular values.
Nullity of an image f '' s under a map between manifolds can be checked on coordinate
expressions (TauCeti.isNullSet_image_of_forall_addHaar_image_extChartAt): when the source is
Lindelöf, it suffices that every coordinate expression
extChartAt J y₀ ∘ f ∘ (extChartAt I x₀).symm sends the chart image of the points of s seen by
both charts to a Haar-null set. This is how Sard-type statements about maps between normed spaces
pass to manifolds.
A set is null on a manifold when its image in every extended chart is null for every Haar measure on the model. This definition needs no measurable structure on the manifold itself.
Instances For
The chartwise characterization of IsNullSet.
The chartwise nullity statement for a null set at a point and Haar measure.
A subset of a null set is null.
The union of two null sets is null.
A countable union of null sets is null.
A union of null sets indexed by a countable set is null.
On a manifold with a finite-dimensional model, a null set has empty interior.
On a manifold with a finite-dimensional model, the complement of a null set is dense.
The intrinsic boundary of any finite-dimensional real manifold is chartwise null. No measurable structure on the manifold itself is required.
Nullity of an image is read in coordinates. Let M be Lindelöf. Suppose that for every
chart at x₀ of M and every chart at y₀ of N, the coordinate expression
extChartAt J y₀ ∘ f ∘ (extChartAt I x₀).symm sends the chart image of the points of s lying in
both charts to a set that is null for every Haar measure. Then f '' s is null in N.
No regularity of f is assumed, and both manifolds may have boundary or corners.