Conormal covectors of a map #
For a map i : Q โ M, the conormal set TauCeti.CotangentBundle.conormal J I i is the set of
covectors p โ T*_{i q} M annihilating the tangent image di_q (T_q Q), for some q : Q. For an
embedded submanifold Q โ M this is the conormal bundle N*Q as a subset of T*M. Its fibre
over q is the annihilator TauCeti.CotangentBundle.conormalSpace J I i q of the tangent image;
when di_q is injective and M is finite-dimensional it has dimension dim M - dim Q
(TauCeti.CotangentBundle.finrank_add_finrank_conormalSpace), so that N*Q has the dimension
of M.
A covector is conormal exactly when the cotangent relation of i
(TauCeti.CotangentBundle.cotangentRel) relates it to a zero covector of T*Q. Through the
composition law of these relations, conormal sets are independent of the parametrization
(TauCeti.CotangentBundle.conormal_comp_diffeomorph) and are carried to each other by cotangent
lifts of diffeomorphisms (TauCeti.CotangentBundle.image_cotangent_conormal).
The two extreme examples are the conormal set of the identity, which is the zero section
(TauCeti.CotangentBundle.conormal_id), and that of a constant map, which is the whole fibre over
its value (TauCeti.CotangentBundle.conormal_const).
As for TauCeti.CotangentBundle.cotangentRel, the differential is Mathlib's mfderiv, which is
0 where i is not differentiable.
References #
- A. Cannas da Silva, Lectures on Symplectic Geometry, Lecture Notes in Mathematics 1764, Springer, 2001, Section 3.3.
- J. M. Lee, Introduction to Smooth Manifolds, 2nd ed., Graduate Texts in Mathematics 218, Springer, 2013, Chapter 11.
The conormal fibre #
The conormal space of i : Q โ M at q: the covectors at i q which annihilate the
tangent image di_q (T_q Q), that is, the polar StrongDual.polarSubmodule of that image.
Instances For
A covector at i q is conormal at q when it vanishes on the image of di_q.
The dimension of the conormal space. If M is finite-dimensional and the differential
of i at q is injective, then dim Q + dim (conormalSpace J I i q) = dim M.
The conormal set #
The conormal set of a map i : Q โ M: the covectors of M at points i q which
annihilate the tangent image di_q (T_q Q). For an embedded submanifold this is its conormal
bundle N*Q โ T*M.
Instances For
A covector is conormal to i when it lies over some i q and vanishes on the image of
di_q.
A covector is conormal to i exactly when the cotangent relation of i relates a zero
covector of T*Q to it.
For an injective map i, a covector at i q is conormal to i exactly when it lies in the
conormal space at q.
The covectors of the conormal space at q are conormal to i.
The zero covector at every point i q is conormal to i.
The conormal set of i lies over the image of i, and covers all of it.
Examples #
The conormal set of a submersive surjection is the zero section. If i is surjective
with surjective differentials, then only zero covectors annihilate its tangent images.
The conormal set of M itself is the zero section.
The conormal set of a point is its whole cotangent fibre. A constant map from a nonempty source has zero differential, so every covector over its value is conormal.
Reparametrization and transport #
Precomposing i : Q โ M with a differentiable surjection g : P โ Q whose differentials are
surjective does not change its conormal set.
The conormal set does not depend on the parametrization. Precomposing a differentiable map with a diffeomorphism of its source does not change its conormal set.
Cotangent lifts carry conormal sets to conormal sets. For a diffeomorphism h : M โ Mโ,
the cotangent lift of h maps the conormal set of a differentiable map i onto the conormal
set of h โ i.