Action integral Created 2026-10-07 Updated 2026-10-14
Near a regular Lagrangian torus, choose a one-form with and a basis of fibre cycles . The action has differential of a smooth map , where is the corresponding joint-flow period. Nonsingularity of the period matrix makes these actions local coordinates transverse to the tori.
Differential of a smooth function 2026-10-14
For a real-valued smooth function on a smooth manifold, its differential of a smooth map is a differential one-form: maps a tangent vector to the directional derivative of the function. In local coordinates, . The exterior derivative extends this operation from functions to higher-degree differential forms.
Integrals of an irrational two-frequency oscillator Created 2026-10-07 Updated 2026-10-14
On the regular set of two uncoupled oscillators with irrational frequency ratio, every continuous globally defined integral of motion is constant on each fixed-action flat torus, because every orbit is dense there. A differentiable integral is consequently a function of the two actions, so its differential of a smooth map lies in their span. Local angle combinations can still give extra local integrals; they fail to be single-valued on the torus.
Normal bundle of a regular fibre is trivial 2026-10-14
For a regular value of a smooth map , let . The differential of a smooth map identifies the quotient vector bundle with the fixed target tangent space over every point of . After choosing a Riemannian metric, that quotient identifies with the normal bundle. Hence the normal bundle is trivial even when the target manifold has no global orientation.
Past exam of the mathematics course of the University of Cambridge 2001 iii Paper 15 1 Solution Created 2026-10-03 Updated 2026-10-14
At a point , the complex tautological line bundle has fiber . The hyperplane line bundle is its dual, , and . On let be the tautological frame and its dual. On overlaps . The sheaf of holomorphic sections of a vector bundle of this dual bundle is the sheaf .
If a nonzero linear form cuts out the projective hyperplane , it gives a holomorphic section of with a simple zero along . Dividing a local section by gives a meromorphic function with no poles away from and at most a simple pole on . Conversely multiplication by turns such a function into a holomorphic section. These mutually inverse local constructions agree on overlaps and prove the holomorphic line bundle associated to a divisor identification
The nonnegative hyperplane twist cohomology by restriction calculation givesTo derive it from the permitted vanishing, use the hyperplane exact sequence for twisting sheaveswhere and . Local multiplication by a defining equation is injective, and restriction gives exactly its cokernel. Induct on , starting from a point, and then on . For , higher sheaf cohomology vanishes by assumption and global holomorphic functions are constant by compactness and the maximum principle. For , the long exact sequence in sheaf cohomology, the inductive vanishing for and the dimension induction on give vanishing in every positive degree andSumming this recurrence gives . Homogeneous degree- monomials give that many independent sections, so they form a basis. The printed extra equality to zero cannot hold in degree zero, already because ; the boxed calculation gives the intended dimensions.
For the differential of the projective quotient map, the differential of a smooth map is computed by applying a tangent vector to coordinate functions. Since ,ThusUnder replacing by , on a constant ambient tangent vector scales by , while a homogeneous linear form scales by . Therefore is independent of the representative. Its chart coefficients are holomorphic, so it is a global holomorphic vector field. The radial Euler vector field lies in the kernel of , either from the same formulas or because it differentiates a scaling orbit. Hence
Describe the Euler sequence on complex projective space fiberwise as well as in coordinates. At a line , the middle bundle has fiber and the holomorphic tangent bundle has fiber . Send a homomorphism to its composition with the quotient. The map from sends a scalar to that scalar times the inclusion . In homogeneous notation these maps areA local section of is a local degree-one homogeneous function on the punctured cone, so the second expression is representative-independent. Quotienting is surjective, and its kernel consists exactly of scalar inclusion maps. This proves the short exact sequence of locally free sheavesSince it is locally split, dualizing and tensoring by preserves exactness and gives the cotangent Euler sequence in homogeneous coordinatesOn global sections the last map identifies with the basis of linear forms in . Its kernel is zero. This proves the vanishing of global sections of the once-twisted projective cotangent bundle; left exactness gives .
Past exam of the mathematics course of the University of Cambridge 2010 iii Paper 15 4 a Solution Created 2026-10-03 Updated 2026-10-14
A subset of an -dimensional smooth manifold is an -dimensional embedded submanifold if, for each , some coordinate chart containing satisfiesThe induced topology on is the subspace topology, and the first coordinates restricted to give its smooth atlas. To see their smooth transition maps agree, restrict the ambient smooth transitions to the coordinate planes; their inverses restrict in the same way. The inclusion then has injective differential of a smooth map and is a homeomorphism onto its image. Conversely this is the local coordinate description of a smooth smooth embedding. An embedded submanifold need not be a closed subset of .
Past exam of the mathematics course of the University of Cambridge 2010 iii Paper 15 4 b Solution Created 2026-10-03 Updated 2026-10-14
Put and . The hypothesis says that is a regular value of . Since its preimage is nonempty and the differential of a smooth map is surjective there, .
We use the following finite-dimensional inverse function theorem: if a smooth map , with open, has invertible derivative at , there are open neighborhoods of and on which is a diffeomorphism, with smooth inverse.
Fix . Choose coordinate charts centered at and , and shrink the source neighborhood so that its image under lies in the target chart. Its coordinate expression is with and derivative of rank . Choose domain coordinates giving an invertible minor, and relabel them as . DefineIts derivative at zero has block formso it is invertible. The inverse function theorem makes a new coordinate chart near . In this chart is exactly , because the target chart sends to zero. These are slice charts for an embedded submanifold; reordering coordinates if desired puts the free coordinates first. Giving the level set the subspace topology, these restricted charts are smoothly compatible, as in part (a). This proves the regular level set theorem rather than merely invoking it.
The level set is an embedded submanifold of dimension . The same coordinates show : tangent vectors to the slice have zero first components, which are exactly the components of . The empty-dimensional case gives a discrete zero-dimensional embedded submanifold.
Past exam of the mathematics course of the University of Cambridge 2012 iii Paper 20 2 iii Solution Created 2026-10-03 Updated 2026-10-07
The Hamiltonian perturbation preserving one regular level is explicit:Linearity of the Hamiltonian vector field in the differential of a smooth map givesIt vanishes on . At a point of , its contraction with the symplectic form isSince the differentials are independent there, this vanishes exactly when . Thus on every nonempty nonzero regular fibre the two Hamiltonian vector fields differ at every point, not merely as functions somewhere:Mutual Poisson commutation of the is unnecessary; the given first-integral property does not by itself make the perturbed flow preserve every common level, nor is that requested.
There is a genuine missing nonemptiness hypothesis in the literal statement. Independent differentials on an empty set is a vacuous condition, and any two vector-field restrictions to an empty set are equal. For example, on let , , and . Every nonempty , , is regular, while for . In particular, the restrictions at can never be unequal for any . Therefore the printed universal inequality requires either all the compared fibres to be nonempty, or the pointwise formulation displayed above. The explicit fully proves either intended qualification.
Past exam of the mathematics course of the University of Cambridge 2013 iii Paper 15 1 Solution Created 2026-10-03 Updated 2026-10-07
An -dimensional smooth manifold is a Hausdorff space with a countable topological base, equipped with a smooth atlas of homeomorphisms from open subsets onto open subsets of , whose overlap maps are smooth diffeomorphisms. The smooth structure is the maximal smooth atlas compatible with these manifold charts. Here manifolds have no boundary unless specified otherwise.
For a space with all the requested topological properties but no such atlas, take the topological tripod: three closed intervals joined at one endpoint. It is a compact connected subspace of the plane with its induced metric. A countable base of planar rational balls restricts to a countable base, the metric makes it Hausdorff, and compactness gives a finite subcover of every open cover, hence a locally finite refinement and paracompactness.
At an interior point of any arm, arbitrarily small neighborhoods are intervals. A coordinate ball in dimension at least two would remain connected after deleting its center; an interval does not. Dimension zero would make the space discrete. Thus any possible connected manifold structure would have dimension one. But a sufficiently small neighborhood of the junction, minus the junction, has three components, whereas an interval chart has two. This contradiction rules out even a topological manifold structure, and hence any smooth one.
The product smooth structure uses manifold charts . Transition maps act separately in the two coordinate blocks and are smooth with smooth inverses. Products of countable bases give a countable base, and the product remains Hausdorff. Therefore with this natural smooth structure.
Define the tangent space by point derivations: a tangent vector at is an -linear map on germs of smooth functions at , satisfying . Addition and scalar multiplication preserve this rule, so these derivations form a vector space. In coordinates , the local identityfollows by integrating the derivative of along the coordinate line segment. Derivations annihilate constants, so it gives . The coordinate derivations are independent since they evaluate the coordinate functions as . ThusFor a smooth map, define the differential of a smooth map intrinsically by . It is again linear and satisfies the derivation rule at , so it maps into . Its coordinate matrix is the Jacobian of the coordinate expression of , independently of the charts by the intrinsic definition and chain rule.
Finally, a zero differential forces each target coordinate function to have all derivatives zero on a small connected source coordinate ball mapping into one target chart. Integration on straight segments makes those functions constant there. Hence is locally constant. Each nonempty fiber is both open and closed, so connectedness gives the zero-differential constancy theorem, .
Past exam of the mathematics course of the University of Cambridge 2014 iii Paper 50 1 a Solution Created 2026-10-03 Updated 2026-10-06
For a smooth map between manifolds , the four constructions go in the directions dictated by composition and the differential of a smooth map.
The pullback of a smooth function is , a function on . The pushforward of a curve is , a curve in with the same parameter interval.
For a tangent vector , its pushforward is . Intrinsically, treating a tangent vector as a derivation on functions,For a covector , the pullback of a covector is the dual linear map:No inverse map is required. A pushed-forward field for a general map is a field along that map; it need not assign a unique vector to an image point with several preimages.
Past exam of the mathematics course of the University of Cambridge 2014 iii Paper 50 3 a Solution Created 2026-10-03 Updated 2026-10-06
Treat as a derivation. For an arbitrary smooth function on , the definition of the differential of a smooth map and the chain rule giveComparison with for all provesThe Jacobian is an matrix; it need not be square or invertible.
Past exam of the mathematics course of the University of Cambridge 2017 iii Paper 309 1 b Solution Created 2026-10-03 Updated 2026-10-06
At , the differential of a smooth map defines the pushforward of a vector field byThis is a tangent vector at , and varies smoothly as a section of the pullback tangent bundle. In local coordinates its components are .
For a general smooth map between manifolds, this is a vector field along a map, rather than an intrinsic vector field on all of . A vector field on the image can be defined only if these vectors agree whenever two points have the same image, and the resulting field must also be smooth; a projectable vector field must meet that requirement. For a diffeomorphism, there is no ambiguity and . For example, on and give , with opposite nonzero values at the two preimages of . Thus the source's notation must be read with this qualification.
Pullback of a covariant tensor 2026-10-06
The pullback of a covariant tensor composes each of its vector arguments with the differential of a smooth map. It takes a type tensor on the target to one on the source. Antisymmetry is not required; the pullback of a differential form is the alternating special case. If the target vectors are projected onto the image tangent space first, evaluating the pullback is unchanged.
Pullback of a covector 2026-10-06
The pullback of a covector is the dual linear map to the differential of a smooth map. In coordinates its components are . The same rectangular Jacobian defines vector pushforward, with its other index contracted. No invertibility is needed.
Pullback of a smooth function 2026-10-06
Pushforward of a contravariant tensor Created 2026-10-06 Updated 2026-10-07
The pushforward of a contravariant tensor applies the differential of a smooth map to each vector factor of a type tensor. It is defined pointwise at a specified source point. A field generally gives a field along the map, not necessarily a unique tensor field on the image when several points have the same image. A diffeomorphism allows the usual transport of arbitrary mixed tensors through its inverse as well.
Pushforward of a curve Created 2026-10-06 Updated 2026-10-14
Tangent space by point derivations Created 2026-10-07 Updated 2026-10-14
A tangent vector is a linear map on germs of smooth functions satisfying . In a manifold chart, first-order expansion shows . Thus the coordinate derivations form a basis, and the dimension equals the manifold dimension. Composition of germs with a smooth map defines its differential of a smooth map without choosing charts.