Take and
Its Jacobian matrix and determinant are
Thus its total derivative is invertible everywhere, and the inverse function theorem makes it locally invertible. But , so it is not injective and has no global inverse on its image. The domain is open and connected as required.
Suppose were invertible at some . The inverse function theorem supplies a neighborhood of for which is a nonempty open subset of . But , and a one-dimensional embedded submanifold of has empty interior. To see this last assertion, a slice chart for an embedded submanifold takes locally into a coordinate line; a coordinate line cannot contain an open plane neighborhood, and a chart preserves openness. This is a contradiction.
Thus is singular everywhere. Part (c)(i) strengthens singularity to everywhere. By (b) and connectedness of ,
The special form of the Jacobian matrix is essential: an arbitrary differentiable map can have nonconstant image in a curve with derivative of rank one.
The matrix exponential is smooth, and part (a) identifies its derivative at zero as the identity. The inverse function theorem therefore gives a local diffeomorphism from an open neighborhood of zero onto a neighborhood of . Choose a sufficiently small operator norm ball and let . This is again a diffeomorphism onto an open set, since it is a restriction of the original one.
The ball is preserved by and . Since and , is preserved by adjoint and inversion. For its local inverse , injectivity also gives
First establish the limiting law needed by the delta method. For fixed , put and let count how many of the are at most . Then has a binomial distribution with expectation and variance . The event is exactly . Its standardized threshold tends to , so the central limit theorem for these binomial counts gives
Here is the cumulative distribution function of the standard normal distribution. Equivalently,
Use the usual local regularity for the delta method: is continuous at the population median and . The inverse function theorem, applied at , gives
Therefore
The asymptotic normality gives the requested leading variance approximation
Here the variance parameter for the rescaled limiting law is , while the source states the corresponding approximation for the unscaled estimator. Strict increase of alone does not force ; that local condition is needed for this form of the asymptotic distribution of a sample median.
For this change of variables,
and . The second derivative chain rule therefore gives
Thus the transformation rule for the Laplacian is
For , its Laplacian is zero. At every point with , division by proves
This conclusion applies to each local inverse branch of the change of variables: its Jacobian determinant is , so such a branch exists away from the origin by the inverse function theorem. A single globally defined cannot represent on the entire plane, since and give the same but generally opposite values of . Nor can a differentiable represent this in a neighborhood of the origin: the multivariable chain rule there would give , contradicting . The requested harmonic function conclusion is therefore a local statement on nonsingular branches.[ref]
Differentiating the polynomial coordinate map gives
Its Jacobian matrix is
The determinant identifies where the inverse function theorem applies.
The determinant of the Jacobian matrix is . Wherever , the inverse function theorem permits a local inverse of the parabolic coordinates transformation, and
Reading off its entries gives
These are local formulas on a chosen branch: and have the same image, and at the origin the Jacobian matrix is singular, so this inverse-derivative formula does not apply there.
Regular gauge slice 2026-10-14
A gauge condition is regular at a representative if its derivative along the gauge orbit is an invertible matrix. The inverse function theorem then makes the gauge-condition values valid local coordinates along that orbit. A unique zero without this regularity is insufficient: the translation action on the line with has a unique zero but a zero derivative there. Multiple regular intersections give a Gribov ambiguity rather than a globally unique slice.
Regular Lagrangian 2026-10-06
A Lagrangian is regular when its velocity Hessian matrix is invertible. The inverse function theorem then makes the fiber derivative locally invertible, allowing a local Legendre transform in mechanics to a Hamiltonian. If that fiber derivative is globally invertible, the Lagrangian is called a hyperregular Lagrangian. Regularity alone does not assert global invertibility, and singular Lagrangians may give constrained rather than ordinary unconstrained Hamilton's equations.
A nonempty regular level set for a real smooth function has both positive and negative values immediately beside any of its points, by the inverse function theorem. On its complement the function never vanishes, so the positive and negative regions are disjoint nonempty open sets partitioning that complement. Hence the complement is disconnected. This is a global necessary condition beyond local embeddedness or coorientation.
Series reversion Created 2026-09-29 Updated 2026-10-05
Series reversion constructs the local inverse of a power series. Substituting an ansatz for the inverse and matching successive powers determines its coefficients recursively.
At a nondegenerate critical point placed at the origin, integral Taylor theorem gives , where is a smooth symmetric matrix and . A constant linear change makes diagonal with entries . Successive completion of squares, with the Schur complement at each step, produces a smooth invertible triangular matrix such that . The pivots keep their nonzero signs near zero. The map has invertible derivative at zero, so the inverse function theorem makes it a coordinate system. The signs are the Hessian matrix signature by Sylvester's law of inertia.
Let be a embedded submanifold of a complex manifold. If its tangent spaces are invariant under the almost complex structure induced by a complex atlas, choose ambient holomorphic coordinates making its tangent space at one point . The first coordinates restrict to a local real diffeomorphism by the inverse function theorem, so is locally the graph of a smooth function . Invariance of the tangent graph gives , the Cauchy-Riemann equations. Thus is holomorphic and these graph coordinates give the induced complex submanifold structure. This proves the result directly, without needing the general integrability theorem as an unproved step.
Straightening theorem Created 2026-10-05 Updated 2026-10-06
Near a point where a smooth vector field is nonzero, there are coordinates in which it is . Flow a transverse coordinate slice by the local flow; the inverse function theorem makes the resulting map a coordinate chart. This is the first step of the coordinate proof of the Frobenius theorem.
The type-two generating function for a canonical transformation defines and . On any branch with and , its inverse in mixed coordinates is
The square root equals on this branch. Differentiating proves the generating equations, and proves local invertibility by the inverse function theorem. Also , so the symplectic form obeys . This proves the transformation is canonical locally. It is not a single global chart across the inverse-trigonometric branch boundaries.
Since is independent of time, the transformed Hamiltonian is obtained by substitution, with zero generating-function time correction. An added function of time alone is an irrelevant Hamiltonian freedom, since it leaves Hamilton's equations unchanged.
A smooth embedded submanifold has a neighborhood diffeomorphic to a neighborhood of the zero section of its normal bundle, with the zero section identified with the submanifold. One may prescribe the normal-bundle splitting of the derivative along that section. Choose a Riemannian metric making the splitting orthogonal and use its normal exponential map: its derivative there is the required isomorphism, so the inverse function theorem supplies local diffeomorphisms. A sufficiently small, possibly varying, fibre radius makes these fit into a tubular neighborhood.