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False. A left inverse would force $\alpha$ to be injective: if $\alpha u=0$, then $u=\beta \alpha u=0$. Take the surjective linear map $\alpha :{\mathbb{R}}^2\to \mathbb{R}$ given by $\alpha (x,y)=x$. Since $(0,1)$ belongs to its kernel, every composite $\beta \alpha$ annihilates $(0,1)$ and cannot be the identity map on ${\mathbb{R}}^2$.

Define the smooth mapAt $(M,v)$ its derivative in the direction $(A,w)$ isThe restriction to variations $(0,w)$ is the surjective linear map $M:{\mathbb{R}}^n\to {\mathbb{R}}^m$, since $M$ has full row rank. Thus $0$ is a regular value of $\Phi$. The regular level set theorem now shows thatis an embedded submanifold of $X_{m,n}\times {\mathbb{R}}^n$, of dimension $mn+n-m$.

A right inverse of a function $f:X\to Y$ is a function $g:Y\to X$ satisfying $f\circ g={\mathrm{id}}_Y$. It forces $f$ to be a surjective function. A surjective linear map onto a finite-dimensional vector space has a linear right inverse: lift a basis of the target and extend by linearity.