Product vector fields #
Vector fields X on M and Y on N combine to the vector field (X, Y) on M × N, whose value
at (x, y) is (X x, Y y) under the identification of the tangent space of a product with the
product of the tangent spaces. Such a field is differentiable, respectively C^n, at (x, y) when
X is at x and Y is at y, and the Lie bracket of two product fields is computed factor by
factor: [(X₁, X₂), (Y₁, Y₂)] = ([X₁, Y₁], [X₂, Y₂]).
Product fields are the fields along which the geometry of a product manifold splits. The tangent space at every point is spanned by values of product fields, and differential operators such as the Levi-Civita connection of a product metric are computed on them.
A vector-valued function on M composed with the projection M × N → M differentiates a product
field (X, Y) along X only (TauCeti.mvfderiv_comp_fst_apply), and symmetrically for N; this
is what makes the bracket of product fields split.
Main definitions #
TauCeti.Manifold.prodVectorField: the vector field(X, Y)onM × N.
Main results #
TauCeti.Manifold.prodVectorField_add,TauCeti.Manifold.prodVectorField_smul,TauCeti.Manifold.prodVectorField_neg: product fields are linear in the pair of their factors.TauCeti.Manifold.mdifferentiableAt_prodVectorField,TauCeti.Manifold.contMDiffAt_prodVectorFieldandTauCeti.Manifold.contMDiff_prodVectorField: regularity of product fields.TauCeti.Manifold.mlieBracket_prodVectorField: the Lie bracket of product fields is the product of the Lie brackets.TauCeti.Manifold.mlieBracket_prodVectorField_horizontal_vertical: horizontal and vertical lifts commute.
References #
- J. M. Lee, Introduction to Smooth Manifolds, 2nd ed., Springer GTM 218 (2013), Chapter 8 (vector fields and Lie brackets).
Product vector fields #
The vector field on M × N whose value at p is (X p.1, Y p.2).
Instances For
The components of a product field are the values of its factors. Not a simp lemma, since
simp already removes tangentSpaceProdEquiv by TauCeti.Manifold.tangentSpaceProdEquiv_apply.
The first component of a product field is the value of its first factor.
The second component of a product field is the value of its second factor.
Product fields are additive in the pair of their factors.
Scaling both factors of a product field scales the field.
Negating both factors of a product field negates the field.
A product of vector fields is C^n at p when the factors are C^n at p.1 and p.2.
A product of C^n vector fields is C^n.
A product of vector fields is differentiable at p when the factors are differentiable at
p.1 and p.2.
The Lie bracket of product vector fields #
The Lie bracket of two product vector fields is the product of the Lie brackets of their
factors: [(X₁, X₂), (Y₁, Y₂)] = ([X₁, Y₁], [X₂, Y₂]) at every point where the four factors are
differentiable.
Horizontal and vertical lifts of vector fields on a product manifold commute at every point where the two fields are differentiable.