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Lectures on the Geometry of Manifolds

Liviu I. Nicolaescu

July 27, 2007

Introduction

Shape is a fascinating and intriguing subject which has stimulated the imagination of
many people. It suffices to look around to become curious. Euclid did just that and came
up with the first pure creation. Relying on the common experience, he created an abstract
world that had a life of its own. As the human knowledge progressed so did the ability of
formulating and answering penetrating questions. In particular, mathematicians started
wondering whether Euclid’s “obvious” absolute postulates were indeed obvious and/or
absolute. Scientists realized that Shape and Space are two closely related concepts and
asked whether they really look the way our senses tell us. As Felix Klein pointed out
in his Erlangen Program, there are many ways of looking at Shape and Space so that
various points of view may produce different images. In particular, the most basic issue
of “measuring the Shape” cannot have a clear cut answer. This is a book about Shape,
Space and some particular ways of studying them.
Since its inception, the differential and integral calculus proved to be a very versatile
tool in dealing with previously untouchable problems. It did not take long until it found
uses in geometry in the hands of the Great Masters. This is the path we want to follow
in the present book.
In the early days of geometry nobody worried about the natural context in which the
methods of calculus “feel at home”. There was no need to address this aspect since for the
particular problems studied this was a non-issue. As mathematics progressed as a whole
the “natural context” mentioned above crystallized in the minds of mathematicians and
it was a notion so important that it had to be given a name. The geometric objects which
can be studied using the methods of calculus were called smooth manifolds. Special cases
of manifolds are the curves and the surfaces and these were quite well understood. B.
Riemann was the first to note that the low dimensional ideas of his time were particular
aspects of a higher dimensional world.
The first chapter of this book introduces the reader to the concept of smooth manifold
through abstract definitions and, more importantly, through many we believe relevant
examples. In particular, we introduce at this early stage the notion of Lie group. The
main geometric and algebraic properties of these objects will be gradually described as we
progress with our study of the geometry of manifolds. Besides their obvious usefulness in
geometry, the Lie groups are academically very friendly. They provide a marvelous testing
ground for abstract results. We have consistently taken advantage of this feature through-
out this book. As a bonus, by the end of these lectures the reader will feel comfortable
manipulating basic Lie theoretic concepts.
To apply the techniques of calculus we need “things to derivate and integrate”. These

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“things” are introduced in Chapter 2. The reason why smooth manifolds have many
differentiable objects attached to them is that they can be locally very well approximated
by linear spaces called tangent spaces . Locally, everything looks like traditional calculus.
Each point has a tangent space attached to it so that we obtain a “bunch of tangent spaces”
called the tangent bundle. We found it appropriate to introduce at this early point the
notion of vector bundle. It helps in structuring both the language and the thinking.
Once we have “things to derivate and integrate” we need to know how to explicitly
perform these operations. We devote the Chapter 3 to this purpose. This is perhaps
one of the most unattractive aspects of differential geometry but is crucial for all further
developments. To spice up the presentation, we have included many examples which
will found applications in later chapters. In particular, we have included a whole section
devoted to the representation theory of compact Lie groups essentially describing the
equivalence between representations and their characters.
The study of Shape begins in earnest in Chapter 4 which deals with Riemann manifolds.
We approach these objects gradually. The first section introduces the reader to the notion
of geodesics which are defined using the Levi-Civita connection. Locally, the geodesics
play the same role as the straight lines in an Euclidian space but globally new phenomena
arise. We illustrate these aspects with many concrete examples. In the final part of this
section we show how the Euclidian vector calculus generalizes to Riemann manifolds.
The second section of this chapter initiates the local study of Riemann manifolds.
Up to first order these manifolds look like Euclidian spaces. The novelty arises when we
study “second order approximations ” of these spaces. The Riemann tensor provides the
complete measure of how far is a Riemann manifold from being flat. This is a very involved
object and, to enhance its understanding, we compute it in several instances: on surfaces
(which can be easily visualized) and on Lie groups (which can be easily formalized). We
have also included Cartan’s moving frame technique which is extremely useful in concrete
computations. As an application of this technique we prove the celebrated Theorema
Egregium of Gauss. This section concludes with the first global result of the book, namely
the Gauss-Bonnet theorem. We present a proof inspired from [25] relying on the fact
that all Riemann surfaces are Einstein manifolds. The Gauss-Bonnet theorem will be a
recurring theme in this book and we will provide several other proofs and generalizations.
One of the most fascinating aspects of Riemann geometry is the intimate correlation
“local-global”. The Riemann tensor is a local object with global effects. There are cur-
rently many techniques of capturing this correlation. We have already described one in
the proof of Gauss-Bonnet theorem. In Chapter 5 we describe another such technique
which relies on the study of the global behavior of geodesics. We felt we had the moral
obligation to present the natural setting of this technique and we briefly introduce the
reader to the wonderful world of the calculus of variations. The ideas of the calculus of
variations produce remarkable results when applied to Riemann manifolds. For example,
we explain in rigorous terms why “very curved manifolds” cannot be “too long” .
In Chapter 6 we leave for a while the “differentiable realm” and we briefly discuss the
fundamental group and covering spaces. These notions shed a new light on the results
of Chapter 5. As a simple application we prove Weyl’s theorem that the semisimple Lie
groups with definite Killing form are compact and have finite fundamental group.
Chapter 7 is the topological core of the book. We discuss in detail the cohomology
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of smooth manifolds relying entirely on the methods of calculus. In writing this chapter
we could not, and would not escape the influence of the beautiful monograph [17], and
this explains the frequent overlaps. In the first section we introduce the DeRham coho-
mology and the Mayer-Vietoris technique. Section 2 is devoted to the Poincaré duality, a
feature which sets the manifolds apart from many other types of topological spaces. The
third section offers a glimpse at homology theory. We introduce the notion of (smooth)
cycle and then present some applications: intersection theory, degree theory, Thom iso-
morphism and we prove a higher dimensional version of the Gauss-Bonnet theorem at the
cohomological level. The fourth section analyzes the role of symmetry in restricting the
topological type of a manifold. We prove Élie Cartan’s old result that the cohomology
of a symmetric space is given by the linear space of its bi-invariant forms. We use this
technique to compute the lower degree cohomology of compact semisimple Lie groups. We
conclude this section by computing the cohomology of complex grassmannians relying on
Weyl’s integration formula and Schur polynomials. The chapter ends with a fifth section
containing a concentrated description of Čech cohomology.
Chapter 8 is a natural extension of the previous one. We describe the Chern-Weil
construction for arbitrary principal bundles and then we concretely describe the most im-
portant examples: Chern classes, Pontryagin classes and the Euler class. In the process,
we compute the ring of invariant polynomials of many classical groups. Usually, the con-
nections in principal bundles are defined in a global manner, as horizontal distributions.
This approach is geometrically very intuitive but, at a first contact, it may look a bit
unfriendly in concrete computations. We chose a local approach build on the reader’s ex-
perience with connections on vector bundles which we hope will attenuate the formalism
shock. In proving the various identities involving characteristic classes we adopt an invari-
ant theoretic point of view. The chapter concludes with the general Gauss-Bonnet-Chern
theorem. Our proof is a variation of Chern’s proof.
Chapter 9 is the analytical core of the book. Many objects in differential geometry
are defined by differential equations and, among these, the elliptic ones play an important
role. This chapter represents a minimal introduction to this subject. After presenting
some basic notions concerning arbitrary partial differential operators we introduce the
Sobolev spaces and describe their main functional analytic features. We then go straight
to the core of elliptic theory. We provide an almost complete proof of the elliptic a
priori estimates (we left out only the proof of the Calderon-Zygmund inequality). The
regularity results are then deduced from the a priori estimates via a simple approximation
technique. As a first application of these results we consider a Kazhdan-Warner type
equation which recently found applications in solving the Seiberg-Witten equations on
a Kähler manifold. We adopt a variational approach. The uniformization theorem for
compact Riemann surfaces is then a nice bonus. This may not be the most direct proof but
it has an academic advantage. It builds a circle of ideas with a wide range of applications.
The last section of this chapter is devoted to Fredholm theory. We prove that the elliptic
operators on compact manifolds are Fredholm and establish the homotopy invariance of the
index. These are very general Hodge type theorems. The classical one follows immediately
from these results. We conclude with a few facts about the spectral properties of elliptic
operators.
The last chapter is entirely devoted to a very important class of elliptic operators
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namely the Dirac operators. The important role played by these operators was singled
out in the works of Atiyah and Singer and, since then, they continue to be involved in the
most dramatic advances of modern geometry. We begin by first describing a general notion
of Dirac operators and their natural geometric environment, much like in [11]. We then
isolate a special subclass we called geometric Dirac operators. Associated to each such
operator is a very concrete Weitzenböck formula which can be viewed as a bridge between
geometry and analysis, and which is often the source of many interesting applications. The
abstract considerations are backed by a full section describing many important concrete
examples.
In writing this book we had in mind the beginning graduate student who wants to
specialize in global geometric analysis in general and gauge theory in particular. The
second half of the book is an extended version of a graduate course in differential geometry
we taught at the University of Michigan during the winter semester of 1996.
The minimal background needed to successfully go through this book is a good knowl-
edge of vector calculus and real analysis, some basic elements of point set topology and
linear algebra. A familiarity with some basic facts about the differential geometry of
curves of surfaces would ease the understanding of the general theory, but this is not a
must. Some parts of Chapter 9 may require a more advanced background in functional
analysis.
The theory is complemented by a large list of exercises. Quite a few of them contain
technical results we did not prove so we would not obscure the main arguments. There
are however many non-technical results which contain additional information about the
subjects discussed in a particular section. We left hints whenever we believed the solution
is not straightforward.

Personal note It has been a great personal experience writing this book, and I sincerely
hope I could convey some of the magic of the subject. Having access to the remarkable
science library of the University of Michigan and its computer facilities certainly made my
job a lot easier and improved the quality of the final product.
I learned differential equations from Professor Viorel Barbu, a very generous and en-
thusiastic person who guided my first steps in this field of research. He stimulated my
curiosity by his remarkable ability of unveiling the hidden beauty of this highly technical
subject. My thesis advisor, Professor Tom Parker, introduced me to more than the funda-
mentals of modern geometry. He played a key role in shaping the manner in which I regard
mathematics. In particular, he convinced me that behind each formalism there must be
a picture, and uncovering it, is a very important part of the creation process. Although
I did not directly acknowledge it, their influence is present throughout this book. I only
hope the filter of my mind captured the full richness of the ideas they so generously shared
with me.
My friends Louis Funar and Gheorghe Ionesei 1 read parts of the manuscript. I am
grateful to them for their effort, their suggestions and for their friendship. I want to thank
Arthur Greenspoon for his advice, enthusiasm and relentless curiosity which boosted my
spirits when I most needed it. Also, I appreciate very much the input I received from the
1
He passed away in 2006. He was the ultimate poet of mathematics.
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graduate students of my “Special topics in differential geometry” course at the University

of Michigan which had a beneficial impact on the style and content of this book.
At last, but not the least, I want to thank my family who supported me from the
beginning to the completion of this project.

Ann Arbor, 1996.

Preface to the second edition

Rarely in life is a man given the chance to revisit his “youthful indiscretions”. With
this second edition I have been given this opportunity, and I have tried to make the best
of it.
The first edition was generously sprinkled with many typos, which I can only attribute
to the impatience of youth. In spite of this problem, I have received very good feedback
from a very indulgent and helpful audience from all over the world.
In preparing the new edition, I have been engaged on a massive typo hunting, supported
by the wisdom of time, and the useful comments that I have received over the years from
many readers. I can only say that the number of typos is substantially reduced. However,
experience tells me that Murphy’s Law is still at work, and there are still typos out there
which will become obvious only in the printed version.
The passage of time has only strengthened my conviction that, in the words of Isaac
Newton, “in learning the sciences examples are of more use than precepts”. The new
edition continues to be guided by this principle. I have not changed the old examples, but
I have polished many of my old arguments, and I have added quite a large number of new
examples and exercises.
The only major addition to the contents is a new chapter on classical integral geometry.
This is a subject that captured my imagination over the last few years, and since the first
edition of this book developed all the tools needed to understand some of the juiciest
results in this area of geometry, I could not pass the chance to share with a curious reader
my excitement about this line of thought.
One novel feature in our presentation of integral geometry is the use of tame geometry.
This is a recent extension of the better know area of real algebraic geometry which allowed
us to avoid many heavy analytical arguments, and present the geometric ideas in as clear
a light as possible.

Notre Dame, 2007.

Contents

Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . i

1 Manifolds 1
1.1 Preliminaries . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
§1.1.1 Space and Coordinatization . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
§1.1.2 The implicit function theorem . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
1.2 Smooth manifolds . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
§1.2.1 Basic definitions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
§1.2.2 Partitions of unity . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
§1.2.3 Examples . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
§1.2.4 How many manifolds are there? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18

2 Natural Constructions on Manifolds 21

2.1 The tangent bundle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
§2.1.1 Tangent spaces . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
§2.1.2 The tangent bundle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
§2.1.3 Sard’s Theorem . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
§2.1.4 Vector bundles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
§2.1.5 Some examples of vector bundles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
2.2 A linear algebra interlude . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38
§2.2.1 Tensor products . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38
§2.2.2 Symmetric and skew-symmetric tensors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
§2.2.3 The “super” slang . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50
§2.2.4 Duality . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53
§2.2.5 Some complex linear algebra . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61
2.3 Tensor fields . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65
§2.3.1 Operations with vector bundles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65
§2.3.2 Tensor fields . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66
§2.3.3 Fiber bundles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70

3 Calculus on Manifolds 76
3.1 The Lie derivative . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76
§3.1.1 Flows on manifolds . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76
§3.1.2 The Lie derivative . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78
§3.1.3 Examples . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83
3.2 Derivations of Ω∗ (M ) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 86

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§3.2.1 The exterior derivative . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 86

§3.2.2 Examples . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 91
3.3 Connections on vector bundles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 92
§3.3.1 Covariant derivatives . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 92
§3.3.2 Parallel transport . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 97
§3.3.3 The curvature of a connection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 98
§3.3.4 Holonomy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 101
§3.3.5 The Bianchi identities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 104
§3.3.6 Connections on tangent bundles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 105
3.4 Integration on manifolds . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 107
§3.4.1 Integration of 1-densities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 107
§3.4.2 Orientability and integration of differential forms . . . . . . . . . . . 111
§3.4.3 Stokes’ formula . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 118
§3.4.4 Representations and characters of compact Lie groups . . . . . . . . 123
§3.4.5 Fibered calculus . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 129

4 Riemannian Geometry 134

4.1 Metric properties . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 134
§4.1.1 Definitions and examples . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 134
§4.1.2 The Levi-Civita connection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 137
§4.1.3 The exponential map and normal coordinates . . . . . . . . . . . . . 142
§4.1.4 The length minimizing property of geodesics . . . . . . . . . . . . . 145
§4.1.5 Calculus on Riemann manifolds . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 150
4.2 The Riemann curvature . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 160
§4.2.1 Definitions and properties . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 160
§4.2.2 Examples . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 164
§4.2.3 Cartan’s moving frame method . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 166
§4.2.4 The geometry of submanifolds . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 169
§4.2.5 The Gauss-Bonnet theorem for oriented surfaces . . . . . . . . . . . 175

5 Elements of the Calculus of Variations 184

5.1 The least action principle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 184
§5.1.1 The 1-dimensional Euler-Lagrange equations . . . . . . . . . . . . . 184
§5.1.2 Noether’s conservation principle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 190
5.2 The variational theory of geodesics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 193
§5.2.1 Variational formulæ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 194
§5.2.2 Jacobi fields . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 197

6 The Fundamental group and Covering Spaces 204

6.1 The fundamental group . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 205
§6.1.1 Basic notions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 205
§6.1.2 Of categories and functors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 209
6.2 Covering Spaces . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 210
§6.2.1 Definitions and examples . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 210
§6.2.2 Unique lifting property . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 212
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§6.2.3 Homotopy lifting property . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 213

§6.2.4 On the existence of lifts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 214
§6.2.5 The universal cover and the fundamental group . . . . . . . . . . . . 216

7 Cohomology 218
7.1 DeRham cohomology . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 218
§7.1.1 Speculations around the Poincaré lemma . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 218
§7.1.2 Čech vs. DeRham . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 222
§7.1.3 Very little homological algebra . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 224
§7.1.4 Functorial properties of the DeRham cohomology . . . . . . . . . . . 231
§7.1.5 Some simple examples . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 234
§7.1.6 The Mayer-Vietoris principle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 236
§7.1.7 The Künneth formula . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 239
7.2 The Poincaré duality . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 242
§7.2.1 Cohomology with compact supports . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 242
§7.2.2 The Poincaré duality . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 246
7.3 Intersection theory . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 250
§7.3.1 Cycles and their duals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 250
§7.3.2 Intersection theory . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 255
§7.3.3 The topological degree . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 260
§7.3.4 Thom isomorphism theorem . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 262
§7.3.5 Gauss-Bonnet revisited . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 265
7.4 Symmetry and topology . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 269
§7.4.1 Symmetric spaces . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 269
§7.4.2 Symmetry and cohomology . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 272
§7.4.3 The cohomology of compact Lie groups . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 275
§7.4.4 Invariant forms on Grassmannians and Weyl’s integral formula . . . 276
§7.4.5 The Poincaré polynomial of a complex Grassmannian . . . . . . . . 284
7.5 Čech cohomology . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 290
§7.5.1 Sheaves and presheaves . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 290
§7.5.2 Čech cohomology . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 294

8 Characteristic classes 305

8.1 Chern-Weil theory . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 305
§8.1.1 Connections in principal G-bundles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 305
§8.1.2 G-vector bundles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 311
§8.1.3 Invariant polynomials . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 312
§8.1.4 The Chern-Weil Theory . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 315
8.2 Important examples . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 319
§8.2.1 The invariants of the torus T n . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 320
§8.2.2 Chern classes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 320
§8.2.3 Pontryagin classes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 323
§8.2.4 The Euler class . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 325
§8.2.5 Universal classes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 328
8.3 Computing characteristic classes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 334
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§8.3.1 Reductions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 334

§8.3.2 The Gauss-Bonnet-Chern theorem . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 340

9 Classical Integral Geometry 349

9.1 The integral geometry of real Grassmannians . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 349
§9.1.1 Co-area formulæ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 349
§9.1.2 Invariant measures on linear Grassmannians . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 360
§9.1.3 Affine Grassmannians . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 370
9.2 Gauss-Bonnet again?!? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 372
§9.2.1 The shape operator and the second fundamental form of a subman-
ifold in Rn . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 373
§9.2.2 The Gauss-Bonnet theorem for hypersurfaces of an Euclidean space. 375
§9.2.3 Gauss-Bonnet theorem for domains in an Euclidean space . . . . . . 380
9.3 Curvature measures . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 383
§9.3.1 Tame geometry . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 384
§9.3.2 Invariants of the orthogonal group . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 389
§9.3.3 The tube formula and curvature measures . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 393
§9.3.4 Tube formula =⇒ Gauss-Bonnet formula for arbitrary submanifolds 403
§9.3.5 Curvature measures of domains in an Euclidean space . . . . . . . . 405
§9.3.6 Crofton Formulæ for domains of an Euclidean space . . . . . . . . . 408
§9.3.7 Crofton formulæ for submanifolds of an Euclidean space . . . . . . . 418

10 Elliptic Equations on Manifolds 426

10.1 Partial differential operators: algebraic aspects . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 426
§10.1.1 Basic notions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 426
§10.1.2 Examples . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 432
§10.1.3 Formal adjoints . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 434
10.2 Functional framework . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 440
§10.2.1 Sobolev spaces in RN . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 440
§10.2.2 Embedding theorems: integrability properties . . . . . . . . . . . . . 447
§10.2.3 Embedding theorems: differentiability properties . . . . . . . . . . . 451
§10.2.4 Functional spaces on manifolds . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 455
10.3 Elliptic partial differential operators: analytic aspects . . . . . . . . . . . . 459
§10.3.1 Elliptic estimates in RN . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 460
§10.3.2 Elliptic regularity . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 465
§10.3.3 An application: prescribing the curvature of surfaces . . . . . . . . . 470
10.4 Elliptic operators on compact manifolds . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 480
§10.4.1 The Fredholm theory . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 480
§10.4.2 Spectral theory . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 489
§10.4.3 Hodge theory . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 493

11 Dirac Operators 498

11.1 The structure of Dirac operators . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 498
§11.1.1 Basic definitions and examples . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 498
§11.1.2 Clifford algebras . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 501
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§11.1.3 Clifford modules: the even case . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 505

§11.1.4 Clifford modules: the odd case . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 509
§11.1.5 A look ahead . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 510
§11.1.6 Spin . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 512
§11.1.7 Spinc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 520
§11.1.8 Low dimensional examples . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 523
§11.1.9 Dirac bundles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 528
11.2 Fundamental examples . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 532
§11.2.1 The Hodge-DeRham operator . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 532
§11.2.2 The Hodge-Dolbeault operator . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 536
§11.2.3 The spin Dirac operator . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 542
§11.2.4 The spinc Dirac operator . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 548
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Manifolds

1.1 Preliminaries

§1.1.1 Space and Coordinatization Mathematics is a natural science with a special

modus operandi. It replaces concrete natural objects with mental abstractions which serve
as intermediaries. One studies the properties of these abstractions in the hope they reflect
facts of life. So far, this approach proved to be very productive.
The most visible natural object is the Space, the place where all things happen. The
first and most important mathematical abstraction is the notion of number. Loosely
speaking, the aim of this book is to illustrate how these two concepts, Space and Number,
fit together.
It is safe to say that geometry as a rigorous science is a creation of ancient Greeks.
Euclid proposed a method of research that was later adopted by the entire mathematics.
We refer of course to the axiomatic method. He viewed the Space as a collection of points,
and he distinguished some basic objects in the space such as lines, planes etc. He then
postulated certain (natural) relations between them. All the other properties were derived
from these simple axioms.
Euclid’s work is a masterpiece of mathematics, and it has produced many interesting
results, but it has its own limitations. For example, the most complicated shapes one
could reasonably study using this method are the conics and/or quadrics, and the Greeks
certainly did this. A major breakthrough in geometry was the discovery of coordinates
by René Descartes in the 17th century. Numbers were put to work in the study of Space.
Descartes’ idea of producing what is now commonly referred to as Cartesian coor-
dinates is familiar to any undergraduate. These coordinates are obtained using a very
special method (in this case using three concurrent, pairwise perpendicular lines, each one
endowed with an orientation and a unit length standard. What is important here is that
they produced a one-to-one mapping

Euclidian Space → R3 , P 7−→ (x(P ), y(P ), z(P )).

We call such a process coordinatization. The corresponding map is called (in this case)
Cartesian system of coordinates. A line or a plane becomes via coordinatization an alge-
braic object, more precisely, an equation.

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r
θ

Figure 1.1: Polar coordinates

In general, any coordinatization replaces geometry by algebra and we get a two-way

correspondence
Study of Space ←→ Study of Equations.
The shift from geometry to numbers is beneficial to geometry as long as one has efficient
tools do deal with numbers and equations. Fortunately, about the same time with the
introduction of coordinates, Isaac Newton created the differential and integral calculus
and opened new horizons in the study of equations.
The Cartesian system of coordinates is by no means the unique, or the most use-
ful coordinatization. Concrete problems dictate other choices. For example, the polar
coordinates represent another coordinatization of (a piece of the plane) (see Figure 1.1).

P 7→ (r(P ), θ(P )) ∈ (0, ∞) × (−π, π).

This choice is related to the Cartesian choice by the well known formulae
x = r cos θ y = r sin θ. (1.1.1)
A remarkable feature of (1.1.1) is that x(P ) and y(P ) depend smoothly upon r(P ) and
θ(P ).
As science progressed, so did the notion of Space. One can think of Space as a configu-
ration set, i.e., the collection of all possible states of a certain phenomenon. For example,
we know from the principles of Newtonian mechanics that the motion of a particle in the
ambient space can be completely described if we know the position and the velocity of the
particle at a given moment. The space associated with this problem consists of all pairs
(position, velocity) a particle can possibly have. We can coordinatize this space using six
functions: three of them will describe the position, and the other three of them will de-
scribe the velocity. We say the configuration space is 6-dimensional. We cannot visualize
this space, but it helps to think of it as an Euclidian space, only “roomier”.
There are many ways to coordinatize the configuration space of a motion of a particle,
and for each choice of coordinates we get a different description of the motion. Clearly,
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all these descriptions must “agree” in some sense, since they all reflect the same phenom-
enon. In other words, these descriptions should be independent of coordinates. Differential
geometry studies the objects which are independent of coordinates.
The coordinatization process had been used by people centuries before mathematicians
accepted it as a method. For example, sailors used it to travel from one point to another
on Earth. Each point has a latitude and a longitude that completely determines its
position on Earth. This coordinatization is not a global one. There exist four domains
delimited by the Equator and the Greenwich meridian, and each of them is then naturally
coordinatized. Note that the points on the Equator or the Greenwich meridian admit two
different coordinatizations which are smoothly related.
The manifolds are precisely those spaces which can be piecewise coordinatized, with
smooth correspondence on overlaps, and the intention of this book is to introduce the
reader to the problems and the methods which arise in the study of manifolds. The next
section is a technical interlude. We will review the implicit function theorem which will
be one of the basic tools for detecting manifolds.

§1.1.2 The implicit function theorem We gather here, with only sketchy proofs,
a collection of classical analytical facts. For more details one can consult [26].
Let X and Y be two Banach spaces and denote by L(X, Y ) the space of bounded
linear operators X → Y . For example, if X = Rn , Y = Rm , then L(X, Y ) can be identified
with the space of m × n matrices with real entries.
Definition 1.1.1. Let F : U ⊂ X → Y be a continuous function (U is an open subset of
X). The map F is said to be (Fréchet) differentiable at u ∈ U if there exists T ∈ L(X, Y )
such that
kF (u0 + h) − F (u0 ) − T hkY = o(khkX ) as h → 0. u
t
Loosely speaking, a continuous function is differentiable at a point if, near that point,
it admits a “ best approximation ” by a linear map.
When F is differentiable at u0 ∈ U , the operator T in the above definition is uniquely
determined by
d 1
Th = |t=0 F (u0 + th) = lim (F (u0 + th) − F (u0 )) .
dt t→0 t

We will use the notation T = Du0 F and we will call T the Fréchet derivative of F at u0 .
Assume that the map F : U → Y is differentiable at each point u ∈ U . Then F is said
to be of class C 1 , if the map u 7→ Du F ∈ L(X, Y ) is continuous. F is said to be of class
C 2 if u 7→ Du F is of class C 1 . One can define inductively C k and C ∞ (or smooth) maps.
Example 1.1.2. Consider F : U ⊂ Rn → Rm . Using Cartesian coordinates x =
(x1 , . . . , xn ) in Rn and u = (u1 , . . . , um ) in Rm we can think of F as a collection of
m functions on U

u1 = u1 (x1 , . . . , xn ), . . . , um = um (x1 , . . . , xn ).

The map F is differentiable at a point p = (p1 , . . . , pn ) ∈ U if and only if the functions ui

are differentiable at p in the usual sense of calculus. The Fréchet derivative of F at p is
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the linear operator Dp F : Rn → Rm given by the Jacobian matrix

 ∂u1 ∂u1 ∂u1 
∂x1
(p) ∂x2
(p) ··· ∂xn (p)
 
∂(u1 , . . . , um )  ∂u2 ∂u2 ∂u2


Dp F = = ∂x1
(p) ∂x2
(p) ··· ∂xn (p) .
∂(x1 , . . . , xn )  .. .. .. .. 
 . . . . 
∂um ∂um ∂um
∂x1
(p) ∂x2
(p) ··· ∂xn (p)

The map F is smooth if and only if the functions ui (x) are smooth. u
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Exercise 1.1.3. (a) Let U ⊂ L(Rn , Rn ) denote the set of invertible n × n matrices. Show
that U is an open set.
(b) Let F : U → U be defined as A → A−1 . Show that DA F (H) = −A−1 HA−1 for any
n × n matrix H.
(c) Show that the Fréchet derivative of the map det : L(Rn , Rn ) → R, A 7→ det A, at
A = 1Rn ∈ L(Rn , Rn ) is given by tr H, i.e.,

d
|t=0 det(1Rn + tH) = tr H, ∀H ∈ L(Rn , Rn ). u
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dt

Theorem 1.1.4 (Inverse function theorem). Let X, Y be two Banach spaces, and F :
U ⊂ X → Y a smooth function. If at a point u0 ∈ U the derivative Du0 F ∈ L(X, Y )
is invertible, then there exits a neighborhood U1 of u0 in U such that F (U1 ) is an open
neighborhood of v0 = F (u0 ) in Y and F : U1 → F (U1 ) is bijective, with smooth inverse. u
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The spirit of the theorem is very clear: the invertibility of the derivative Du0 F “prop-
agates” locally to F because Du0 F is a very good local approximation for F .
More formally, if we set T = Du0 F , then

F (u0 + h) = F (u0 ) + T h + r(h),

where r(h) = o(khk) as h → 0. The theorem states that, for every v sufficiently close to
v0 , the equation F (u) = v has a unique solution u = u0 + h, with h very small. To prove
the theorem one has to show that, for kv − v0 kY sufficiently small, the equation below

v0 + T h + r(h) = v

has a unique solution. We can rewrite the above equation as T h = v − v0 − r(h) or,
equivalently, as h = T −1 (v − v0 − r(h)). This last equation is a fixed point problem that
can be approached successfully via the Banach fixed point theorem.

Theorem 1.1.5 (Implicit function theorem). Let X, Y , Z be Banach spaces, and

F : X × Y → Z a smooth map. Let (x0 , y0 ) ∈ X × Y , and set z0 = F (x0 , y0 ). Set
F2 : Y → Z, F2 (y) = F (x0 , y). Assume that Dy0 F2 ∈ L(Y, Z) is invertible. Then there
exist neighborhoods U of x0 ∈ X, V of y0 ∈ Y , and a smooth map G : U → V such that
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the set S of solution (x, y) of the equation F (x, y) = z0 which lie inside U × V can be
identified with the graph of G, i.e.,
© ª © ª
(x, y) ∈ U × V ; F (x, y) = z0 = (x, G(x)) ∈ U × V ; x ∈ U .

In pre-Bourbaki times, the classics regarded the coordinate y as a function of x defined

implicitly by the equality F (x, y) = z0 .
Proof. Consider the map

H : X × Y → X × Z, ξ = (x, y) 7→ (x, F (x, y)).

The map H is a smooth map, and at ξ0 = (x0 , y0 ) its derivative Dξ0 H : X × Y → X × Z

has the block decomposition
· ¸
1X 0
Dξ0 H = .
Dξ0 F1 Dξ0 F2

Above, DF1 (respectively DF2 ) denotes the derivative of x 7→ F (x, y0 ) (respectively the
derivative of y 7→ F (x0 , y)). The linear operator Dξ0 H is invertible, and its inverse has
the block decomposition
 
1X 0
(Dξ0 H)−1 =  .
−1 −1
− (Dξ0 F2 ) ◦ (Dξ0 F1 ) (Dξ0 F2 )

Thus, by the inverse function theorem, the equation (x, F (x, y)) = (x, z0 ) has a unique
solution (x̃, ỹ) = H −1 (x, z0 ) in a neighborhood of (x0 , y0 ). It obviously satisfies x̃ = x and
F (x̃, ỹ) = z0 . Hence, the set {(x, y) ; F (x, y) = z0 } is locally the graph of x 7→ H −1 (x, z0 ).
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1.2 Smooth manifolds

§1.2.1 Basic definitions We now introduce the object which will be the main focus
of this book, namely, the concept of (smooth) manifold. It formalizes the general principles
outlined in Subsection 1.1.1.
Definition 1.2.1. A smooth manifold of dimension m is a locally compact, paracompact
Hausdorff space M together with the following collection of data (henceforth called atlas
or smooth structure) consisting of the following.

(a) An open cover {Ui }i∈I of M ;

© ª
(b) A collection of continuous, injective maps Ψi : Ui → Rm ; i ∈ I (called charts
or local coordinates) such that, Ψi (Ui ) is open in Rm , and if Ui ∩ Uj 6= ∅, then the
transition map

Ψj ◦ Ψ−1 m
i : Ψi (Ui ∩ Uj ) ⊂ R → Ψj (Ui ∩ Uj ) ⊂ R
m

is smooth. (We say the various charts are smoothly compatible; see Figure 1.2). u
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Uj
Ui

ψ ψ
i
j

ψ ψ −1
j i
m
m R
R

Figure 1.2: Transition maps

Each chart Ψi can be viewed as a collection of m functions (x1 , . . . , xm ) on Ui . Simi-

larly, we can view another chart Ψj as another collection of functions (y 1 , . . . , y m ). The
transition map Ψj ◦ Ψ−1
i can then be interpreted as a collection of maps
¡ ¢
(x1 , . . . , xm ) 7→ y 1 (x1 , . . . , xm ), . . . , y m (x1 , . . . , xm ) .

The first and the most important example of manifold is Rn itself. The natural smooth
structure consists of an atlas with a single chart, 1Rn : Rn → Rn . To construct more
examples we will use the implicit function theorem .

Definition 1.2.2. (a) Let M , N be two smooth manifolds of dimensions m and respec-
tively n. A continuous map f : M → N is said to be smooth if, for any local charts φ
on M and ψ on N , the composition ψ ◦ f ◦ φ−1 (whenever this makes sense) is a smooth
map Rm → Rn .
(b) A smooth map f : M → N is called a diffeomorphism if it is invertible and its inverse
is also a smooth map. u
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Example 1.2.3. The map t 7→ et is a diffeomorphism (−∞, ∞) → (0, ∞). The map
t 7→ t3 is a homeomorphism R → R but it is not a diffeomorphism! u
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If M is a smooth manifold we will denote by C ∞ (M ) the linear space of all smooth

functions M → R.

Remark 1.2.4. Let U be an open subset of the smooth manifold M (dim M = m) and
ψ : U → Rm a smooth, one-to one map with open image and smooth inverse. Then ψ
defines local coordinates over U compatible with the existing atlas of M . Thus (U, ψ) can
be added to the original atlas and the new smooth structure is diffeomorphic with the
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initial one. Using Zermelo’s Axiom we can produce a maximal atlas (no more compatible
local chart can be added to it). u
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Our next result is a general recipe for producing manifolds. Historically, this is how
manifolds entered mathematics.
Proposition 1.2.5. Let M be a smooth manifold of dimension m and f1 , . . . , fk ∈
C ∞ (M ). Define
© ª
Z = Z(f1 , . . . , fk ) = p ∈ M ; f1 (p) = · · · = fk (p) = 0 .

Assume that the functions f1 , . . . , fk are functionally independent along Z, i.e., for each
p ∈ Z, there exist local coordinates (x1 , . . . , xm ) defined in a neighborhood of p in M such
that xi (p) = 0, i = 1, . . . , m, and the matrix
 ∂f1 ∂f1 ∂f1 
1 2 · · · ∂xm
∂ f~ ∂x
 ..
∂x
. . .. 
|p :=  . .
. .
. . 
∂~x ∂fk ∂fk ∂fk
∂x1 ∂x2
· · · ∂xm x1 =···=xm =0

has rank k. Then Z has a natural structure of smooth manifold of dimension m − k.

Proof. Step 1: Constructing the charts. Let p0 ∈ Z, and denote by (x1 , . . . , xm ) local
coordinates near p0 such that xi (p0 ) = 0. One of the k × k minors of the matrix
 ∂f1 ∂f1 ∂f1 
1 2 · · · ∂x m
∂ f~ ∂x
 ..
∂x
. . . 
|p :=  . .
. .
. .
. 
∂~x ∂fk ∂fk ∂fk
∂x1 ∂x2
· · · ∂x m
x1 =···=xm =0

is nonzero. Assume this minor is determined by the last k columns (and all the k lines).
We can think of the functions f1 , . . . , fk as defined on an open subset U of Rm . Split
R as Rm−k × Rk , and set
m

x0 := (x1 , . . . , xm−k ), x00 := (xm−k+1 , . . . , xm ).

We are now in the setting of the implicit function theorem with

X = Rm−k , Y = Rk , Z = Rk ,

and F : X × Y → Z given by
 
f1 (x)
 ..  k
x 7→  . ∈R .
fk (x))
¡ ∂F ¢
In this case, DF2 = ∂x 00 : Rk → Rk is invertible since its determinant corresponds to
our nonzero minor. Thus, in a product neighborhood Up0 = Up0 0 × Up000 of p0 , the set Z is
the graph of some function

g : Up0 0 ⊂ Rm−k −→ Up000 ⊂ Rk ,

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i.e., © ª
Z ∩ Up0 = (x0 , g(x0 ) ) ∈ Rm−k × Rk ; x0 ∈ Up0 0 , |x0 | small .
We now define ψp0 : Z ∩ Up0 → Rm−k by
ψp
( x0 , g(x0 ) ) 7−→
0
x0 ∈ Rm−k .
The map ψp0 is a local chart of Z near p0 .
Step 2. The transition maps for the charts constructed above are smooth. The details
are left to the reader. u
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Exercise 1.2.6. Complete Step 2 in the proof of Proposition1.2.5. u

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Definition 1.2.7. Let M be a m-dimensional manifold. A codimension k submanifold

of M is a subset N ⊂ M locally defined as the common zero locus of k functionally
independent functions f1 , . . . , fk ∈ C ∞ (M ). u
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Proposition1.2.5 shows that any submanifold N ⊂ M has a natural smooth structure

so it becomes a manifold per se. Moreover, the inclusion map i : N ,→ M is smooth.

§1.2.2 Partitions of unity This is a very brief technical subsection describing a trick
we will extensively use in this book.
Definition 1.2.8. Let M be a smooth manifold and (Uα )α∈A an open cover of M . A
(smooth) partition of unity subordinated to this cover is a family (fβ )β∈B ⊂ C ∞ (M )
satisfying the following conditions.
(i) 0 ≤ fβ ≤ 1.
(ii) ∃φ : B → A such that supp fβ ⊂ Uφ(β) .
(iii) The family (supp fβ ) is locally finite, i.e., any point x ∈ M admits an open neigh-
borhood intersecting only finitely many of the supports supp fβ .
P
(iv) β fβ (x) = 1 for all x ∈ M . u
t

We include here for the reader’s convenience the basic existence result concerning
partitions of unity. For a proof we refer to [95].
Proposition 1.2.9. (a) For any open cover U = (Uα )α∈A of a smooth manifold M there
exists at least one smooth partition of unity (fβ )β∈B subordinated to U such that supp fβ
is compact for any β.
(b) If we do not require compact supports, then we can find a partition of unity in which
B = A and φ = 1A . u
t

Exercise 1.2.10. Let M be a smooth manifold and S ⊂ M a closed submanifold. Prove

that the restriction map
r : C ∞ (M ) → C ∞ (S) f 7→ f |S
is surjective. u
t
1.2. SMOOTH MANIFOLDS 9

§1.2.3 Examples Manifolds are everywhere, and in fact, to many physical phenom-
ena which can be modelled mathematically one can naturally associate a manifold. On
the other hand, many problems in mathematics find their most natural presentation using
the language of manifolds. To give the reader an idea of the scope and extent of modern
geometry, we present here a short list of examples of manifolds. This list will be enlarged
as we enter deeper into the study of manifolds.

Example 1.2.11. (The n-dimensional sphere). This is the codimension 1 submanifold

of Rn+1 given by the equation
n
X
2
|x| = (xi )2 = r2 , x = (x0 , . . . , xn ) ∈ Rn+1 .
i=0

One checks that, along the sphere, the differential of |x|2 is nowhere zero, so by Proposition
1.2.5, S n is indeed a smooth manifold. In this case one can explicitly construct an atlas
(consisting of two charts) which is useful in many applications. The construction relies on
stereographic projections.
Let N and S denote the North and resp. South pole of S n (N = (0, . . . , 0, 1) ∈ Rn+1 ,
S = (0, . . . , 0, −1) ∈ Rn+1 ). Consider the open sets UN = S n \ {N } and US = S n \ {S}.
They form an open cover of S n . The stereographic projection from the North pole is the
map σN : UN → Rn such that, for any P ∈ UN , the point σN (P ) is the intersection of the
line N P with the hyperplane {xn = 0} ∼ = Rn .
The stereographic projection from the South pole is defined similarly. For P ∈ UN we
denote by (y 1 (P ), . . . , y n (P )) the coordinates of σN (P ), and for Q ∈ US , we denote by
(z 1 (Q), . . . , z n (Q)) the coordinates of σS (Q). A simple argument shows the map
¡ ¢ ¡ 1 ¢
y 1 (P ), . . . , y n (P ) →7 z (P ), . . . , z n (P ) , P ∈ UN ∩ US ,

is smooth (see the exercise below). Hence {(UN , σN ), (US , σS )} defines a smooth structure
on S n . u
t

Exercise 1.2.12. Show that the functions y i , z j constructed in the above example satisfy

yi
z i = ³P ´ , ∀i = 1, . . . , n. u
t
n j 2
j=1 (y )

Example 1.2.13. (The n-dimensional torus). This is the codimension n submanifold

of R2n (x1 , y1 ; ... ; xn , yn ) defined as the zero locus

x21 + y12 = · · · = x2n + yn2 = 1.

Note that T 1 is diffeomorphic with the 1-dimensional sphere S 1 (unit circle). As a set T n
is a direct product of n circles T n = S 1 × · · · × S 1 (see Figure 1.3). u
t

The above example suggests the following general construction.

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Date: August 12, 2025

Exercise 1: Literature review and discussion

Learning Objective 1: Practical applications and examples
• Current trends and future directions
- Sub-point: Additional details and explanations
- Example: Practical application scenario
Formula: [Mathematical expression or equation]
Learning Objective 2: Best practices and recommendations
• Historical development and evolution
- Sub-point: Additional details and explanations
- Example: Practical application scenario
Learning Objective 3: Assessment criteria and rubrics
• Learning outcomes and objectives
- Sub-point: Additional details and explanations
- Example: Practical application scenario
- Note: Important consideration
Learning Objective 4: Literature review and discussion
• Assessment criteria and rubrics
- Sub-point: Additional details and explanations
- Example: Practical application scenario
Learning Objective 5: Best practices and recommendations
• Critical analysis and evaluation
- Sub-point: Additional details and explanations
- Example: Practical application scenario
- Note: Important consideration
Key Concept: Key terms and definitions
• Case studies and real-world applications
- Sub-point: Additional details and explanations
- Example: Practical application scenario
- Note: Important consideration
Formula: [Mathematical expression or equation]
[Figure 6: Diagram/Chart/Graph]
Example 6: Statistical analysis and interpretation
• Historical development and evolution
- Sub-point: Additional details and explanations
- Example: Practical application scenario
- Note: Important consideration
[Figure 7: Diagram/Chart/Graph]
Example 7: Critical analysis and evaluation
• Best practices and recommendations
- Sub-point: Additional details and explanations
- Example: Practical application scenario
- Note: Important consideration
Formula: [Mathematical expression or equation]
Note: Problem-solving strategies and techniques
• Comparative analysis and synthesis
- Sub-point: Additional details and explanations
- Example: Practical application scenario
- Note: Important consideration
Formula: [Mathematical expression or equation]
Definition: Interdisciplinary approaches
• Fundamental concepts and principles
- Sub-point: Additional details and explanations
- Example: Practical application scenario
- Note: Important consideration
Review 2: Statistical analysis and interpretation
Definition: Problem-solving strategies and techniques
• Experimental procedures and results
- Sub-point: Additional details and explanations
- Example: Practical application scenario
Formula: [Mathematical expression or equation]
Remember: Fundamental concepts and principles
• Experimental procedures and results
- Sub-point: Additional details and explanations
- Example: Practical application scenario
Formula: [Mathematical expression or equation]
[Figure 12: Diagram/Chart/Graph]
Note: Key terms and definitions
• Best practices and recommendations
- Sub-point: Additional details and explanations
- Example: Practical application scenario
- Note: Important consideration
[Figure 13: Diagram/Chart/Graph]
Key Concept: Comparative analysis and synthesis
• Theoretical framework and methodology
- Sub-point: Additional details and explanations
- Example: Practical application scenario
- Note: Important consideration
Definition: Study tips and learning strategies
• Practical applications and examples
- Sub-point: Additional details and explanations
- Example: Practical application scenario
- Note: Important consideration
Example 15: Theoretical framework and methodology
• Practical applications and examples
- Sub-point: Additional details and explanations
- Example: Practical application scenario
- Note: Important consideration
Formula: [Mathematical expression or equation]
[Figure 16: Diagram/Chart/Graph]
Note: Experimental procedures and results
• Key terms and definitions
- Sub-point: Additional details and explanations
- Example: Practical application scenario
- Note: Important consideration
[Figure 17: Diagram/Chart/Graph]
Example 17: Practical applications and examples
• Problem-solving strategies and techniques
- Sub-point: Additional details and explanations
- Example: Practical application scenario
- Note: Important consideration
Note: Key terms and definitions
• Practical applications and examples
- Sub-point: Additional details and explanations
- Example: Practical application scenario
- Note: Important consideration
Formula: [Mathematical expression or equation]
Key Concept: Case studies and real-world applications
• Research findings and conclusions
- Sub-point: Additional details and explanations
- Example: Practical application scenario
- Note: Important consideration
[Figure 20: Diagram/Chart/Graph]
Conclusion 3: Case studies and real-world applications
Remember: Interdisciplinary approaches
• Ethical considerations and implications
- Sub-point: Additional details and explanations
- Example: Practical application scenario
- Note: Important consideration
Formula: [Mathematical expression or equation]
Key Concept: Research findings and conclusions
• Literature review and discussion
- Sub-point: Additional details and explanations
- Example: Practical application scenario
- Note: Important consideration
Formula: [Mathematical expression or equation]
Example 22: Interdisciplinary approaches
• Theoretical framework and methodology
- Sub-point: Additional details and explanations
- Example: Practical application scenario
- Note: Important consideration
[Figure 23: Diagram/Chart/Graph]
Definition: Practical applications and examples
• Critical analysis and evaluation
- Sub-point: Additional details and explanations
- Example: Practical application scenario
Example 24: Best practices and recommendations
• Critical analysis and evaluation
- Sub-point: Additional details and explanations
- Example: Practical application scenario
- Note: Important consideration
Formula: [Mathematical expression or equation]
[Figure 25: Diagram/Chart/Graph]
Practice Problem 25: Fundamental concepts and principles
• Research findings and conclusions
- Sub-point: Additional details and explanations
- Example: Practical application scenario
- Note: Important consideration
Example 26: Experimental procedures and results
• Ethical considerations and implications
- Sub-point: Additional details and explanations
- Example: Practical application scenario
- Note: Important consideration
Practice Problem 27: Best practices and recommendations
• Comparative analysis and synthesis
- Sub-point: Additional details and explanations
- Example: Practical application scenario
Formula: [Mathematical expression or equation]
Definition: Case studies and real-world applications
• Statistical analysis and interpretation
- Sub-point: Additional details and explanations
- Example: Practical application scenario
- Note: Important consideration
[Figure 29: Diagram/Chart/Graph]
Important: Practical applications and examples
• Study tips and learning strategies
- Sub-point: Additional details and explanations
- Example: Practical application scenario
References 4: Critical analysis and evaluation
Important: Study tips and learning strategies
• Theoretical framework and methodology
- Sub-point: Additional details and explanations
- Example: Practical application scenario
Definition: Theoretical framework and methodology
• Key terms and definitions
- Sub-point: Additional details and explanations
- Example: Practical application scenario
- Note: Important consideration
Note: Historical development and evolution
• Best practices and recommendations
- Sub-point: Additional details and explanations
- Example: Practical application scenario
- Note: Important consideration
Example 33: Experimental procedures and results
• Ethical considerations and implications
- Sub-point: Additional details and explanations
- Example: Practical application scenario
- Note: Important consideration
Formula: [Mathematical expression or equation]
Important: Theoretical framework and methodology
• Learning outcomes and objectives
- Sub-point: Additional details and explanations
- Example: Practical application scenario
- Note: Important consideration
[Figure 35: Diagram/Chart/Graph]
Practice Problem 35: Ethical considerations and implications
• Study tips and learning strategies
- Sub-point: Additional details and explanations
- Example: Practical application scenario
- Note: Important consideration
Formula: [Mathematical expression or equation]
Practice Problem 36: Critical analysis and evaluation
• Best practices and recommendations
- Sub-point: Additional details and explanations
- Example: Practical application scenario
- Note: Important consideration
[Figure 37: Diagram/Chart/Graph]
Note: Statistical analysis and interpretation
• Literature review and discussion
- Sub-point: Additional details and explanations
- Example: Practical application scenario
- Note: Important consideration
Key Concept: Study tips and learning strategies
• Assessment criteria and rubrics
- Sub-point: Additional details and explanations
- Example: Practical application scenario
- Note: Important consideration
Practice Problem 39: Best practices and recommendations
• Experimental procedures and results
- Sub-point: Additional details and explanations
- Example: Practical application scenario
- Note: Important consideration
Formula: [Mathematical expression or equation]
Summary 5: Current trends and future directions
Note: Literature review and discussion
• Statistical analysis and interpretation
- Sub-point: Additional details and explanations
- Example: Practical application scenario
- Note: Important consideration
Example 41: Fundamental concepts and principles
• Case studies and real-world applications
- Sub-point: Additional details and explanations
- Example: Practical application scenario
- Note: Important consideration
Remember: Fundamental concepts and principles
• Study tips and learning strategies
- Sub-point: Additional details and explanations
- Example: Practical application scenario
- Note: Important consideration
Formula: [Mathematical expression or equation]
Important: Practical applications and examples
• Statistical analysis and interpretation
- Sub-point: Additional details and explanations
- Example: Practical application scenario
- Note: Important consideration
Formula: [Mathematical expression or equation]
Remember: Assessment criteria and rubrics
• Practical applications and examples
- Sub-point: Additional details and explanations
- Example: Practical application scenario
- Note: Important consideration
Practice Problem 45: Fundamental concepts and principles
• Assessment criteria and rubrics
- Sub-point: Additional details and explanations
- Example: Practical application scenario
- Note: Important consideration
Important: Ethical considerations and implications
• Current trends and future directions
- Sub-point: Additional details and explanations
- Example: Practical application scenario
Note: Assessment criteria and rubrics
• Fundamental concepts and principles
- Sub-point: Additional details and explanations
- Example: Practical application scenario
- Note: Important consideration
Remember: Statistical analysis and interpretation
• Practical applications and examples
- Sub-point: Additional details and explanations
- Example: Practical application scenario
- Note: Important consideration
Formula: [Mathematical expression or equation]
[Figure 49: Diagram/Chart/Graph]
Important: Problem-solving strategies and techniques
• Current trends and future directions
- Sub-point: Additional details and explanations
- Example: Practical application scenario
- Note: Important consideration
Formula: [Mathematical expression or equation]
Review 6: Case studies and real-world applications
Example 50: Historical development and evolution
• Critical analysis and evaluation
- Sub-point: Additional details and explanations
- Example: Practical application scenario
- Note: Important consideration
[Figure 51: Diagram/Chart/Graph]
Definition: Historical development and evolution
• Study tips and learning strategies
- Sub-point: Additional details and explanations
- Example: Practical application scenario
- Note: Important consideration
Formula: [Mathematical expression or equation]
Definition: Best practices and recommendations
• Current trends and future directions
- Sub-point: Additional details and explanations
- Example: Practical application scenario
Definition: Learning outcomes and objectives
• Research findings and conclusions
- Sub-point: Additional details and explanations
- Example: Practical application scenario
- Note: Important consideration
Important: Experimental procedures and results
• Learning outcomes and objectives
- Sub-point: Additional details and explanations
- Example: Practical application scenario
- Note: Important consideration
[Figure 55: Diagram/Chart/Graph]
Example 55: Learning outcomes and objectives
• Assessment criteria and rubrics
- Sub-point: Additional details and explanations
- Example: Practical application scenario
- Note: Important consideration
Important: Current trends and future directions
• Assessment criteria and rubrics
- Sub-point: Additional details and explanations
- Example: Practical application scenario
- Note: Important consideration
Remember: Historical development and evolution
• Key terms and definitions
- Sub-point: Additional details and explanations
- Example: Practical application scenario
- Note: Important consideration
[Figure 58: Diagram/Chart/Graph]
Practice Problem 58: Key terms and definitions
• Comparative analysis and synthesis
- Sub-point: Additional details and explanations
- Example: Practical application scenario
- Note: Important consideration
Practice Problem 59: Historical development and evolution
• Literature review and discussion
- Sub-point: Additional details and explanations
- Example: Practical application scenario
- Note: Important consideration
Topic 7: Critical analysis and evaluation
Note: Interdisciplinary approaches
• Critical analysis and evaluation
- Sub-point: Additional details and explanations
- Example: Practical application scenario
- Note: Important consideration
Key Concept: Assessment criteria and rubrics
• Learning outcomes and objectives
- Sub-point: Additional details and explanations
- Example: Practical application scenario
- Note: Important consideration
Practice Problem 62: Experimental procedures and results
• Historical development and evolution
- Sub-point: Additional details and explanations
- Example: Practical application scenario
- Note: Important consideration
[Figure 63: Diagram/Chart/Graph]
Remember: Critical analysis and evaluation
• Theoretical framework and methodology
- Sub-point: Additional details and explanations
- Example: Practical application scenario
- Note: Important consideration
Formula: [Mathematical expression or equation]
Key Concept: Critical analysis and evaluation
• Current trends and future directions
- Sub-point: Additional details and explanations
- Example: Practical application scenario
- Note: Important consideration
Formula: [Mathematical expression or equation]
Example 65: Literature review and discussion
• Historical development and evolution
- Sub-point: Additional details and explanations
- Example: Practical application scenario
- Note: Important consideration
Practice Problem 66: Historical development and evolution
• Literature review and discussion
- Sub-point: Additional details and explanations
- Example: Practical application scenario
Practice Problem 67: Problem-solving strategies and techniques
• Assessment criteria and rubrics
- Sub-point: Additional details and explanations
- Example: Practical application scenario
- Note: Important consideration
Remember: Fundamental concepts and principles
• Case studies and real-world applications
- Sub-point: Additional details and explanations
- Example: Practical application scenario
- Note: Important consideration
Note: Historical development and evolution
• Critical analysis and evaluation
- Sub-point: Additional details and explanations
- Example: Practical application scenario
Formula: [Mathematical expression or equation]
[Figure 70: Diagram/Chart/Graph]
Unit 8: Case studies and real-world applications
Practice Problem 70: Problem-solving strategies and techniques
• Statistical analysis and interpretation
- Sub-point: Additional details and explanations
- Example: Practical application scenario
- Note: Important consideration
Formula: [Mathematical expression or equation]
Definition: Critical analysis and evaluation
• Critical analysis and evaluation
- Sub-point: Additional details and explanations
- Example: Practical application scenario
- Note: Important consideration
Formula: [Mathematical expression or equation]
Remember: Ethical considerations and implications
• Statistical analysis and interpretation
- Sub-point: Additional details and explanations
- Example: Practical application scenario
Practice Problem 73: Interdisciplinary approaches
• Critical analysis and evaluation
- Sub-point: Additional details and explanations
- Example: Practical application scenario
- Note: Important consideration
[Figure 74: Diagram/Chart/Graph]
Remember: Comparative analysis and synthesis
• Learning outcomes and objectives
- Sub-point: Additional details and explanations
- Example: Practical application scenario
- Note: Important consideration
Definition: Research findings and conclusions
• Study tips and learning strategies
- Sub-point: Additional details and explanations
- Example: Practical application scenario
- Note: Important consideration
Example 76: Critical analysis and evaluation
• Ethical considerations and implications
- Sub-point: Additional details and explanations
- Example: Practical application scenario
- Note: Important consideration
Formula: [Mathematical expression or equation]
Definition: Theoretical framework and methodology
• Best practices and recommendations
- Sub-point: Additional details and explanations
- Example: Practical application scenario
- Note: Important consideration
[Figure 78: Diagram/Chart/Graph]
Practice Problem 78: Literature review and discussion
• Historical development and evolution
- Sub-point: Additional details and explanations
- Example: Practical application scenario
[Figure 79: Diagram/Chart/Graph]
Important: Learning outcomes and objectives
• Best practices and recommendations
- Sub-point: Additional details and explanations
- Example: Practical application scenario
Discussion 9: Theoretical framework and methodology
Example 80: Critical analysis and evaluation
• Critical analysis and evaluation
- Sub-point: Additional details and explanations
- Example: Practical application scenario
- Note: Important consideration
Definition: Best practices and recommendations
• Interdisciplinary approaches
- Sub-point: Additional details and explanations
- Example: Practical application scenario
- Note: Important consideration
Practice Problem 82: Historical development and evolution
• Best practices and recommendations
- Sub-point: Additional details and explanations
- Example: Practical application scenario
Important: Best practices and recommendations
• Best practices and recommendations
- Sub-point: Additional details and explanations
- Example: Practical application scenario
- Note: Important consideration
Practice Problem 84: Study tips and learning strategies
• Assessment criteria and rubrics
- Sub-point: Additional details and explanations
- Example: Practical application scenario
- Note: Important consideration
Formula: [Mathematical expression or equation]
Note: Current trends and future directions
• Problem-solving strategies and techniques
- Sub-point: Additional details and explanations
- Example: Practical application scenario
- Note: Important consideration
Formula: [Mathematical expression or equation]
Remember: Historical development and evolution
• Literature review and discussion
- Sub-point: Additional details and explanations
- Example: Practical application scenario
- Note: Important consideration
Formula: [Mathematical expression or equation]
Important: Comparative analysis and synthesis
• Historical development and evolution
- Sub-point: Additional details and explanations
- Example: Practical application scenario
- Note: Important consideration
Key Concept: Assessment criteria and rubrics
• Current trends and future directions
- Sub-point: Additional details and explanations
- Example: Practical application scenario
Note: Critical analysis and evaluation
• Current trends and future directions
- Sub-point: Additional details and explanations
- Example: Practical application scenario
- Note: Important consideration
Lesson 10: Fundamental concepts and principles
Key Concept: Research findings and conclusions
• Problem-solving strategies and techniques
- Sub-point: Additional details and explanations
- Example: Practical application scenario
- Note: Important consideration
Important: Current trends and future directions
• Best practices and recommendations
- Sub-point: Additional details and explanations
- Example: Practical application scenario
- Note: Important consideration
Practice Problem 92: Best practices and recommendations
• Key terms and definitions
- Sub-point: Additional details and explanations
- Example: Practical application scenario
- Note: Important consideration
Formula: [Mathematical expression or equation]
Key Concept: Critical analysis and evaluation
• Best practices and recommendations
- Sub-point: Additional details and explanations
- Example: Practical application scenario
- Note: Important consideration
Definition: Key terms and definitions
• Comparative analysis and synthesis
- Sub-point: Additional details and explanations
- Example: Practical application scenario
Formula: [Mathematical expression or equation]
Remember: Ethical considerations and implications
• Current trends and future directions
- Sub-point: Additional details and explanations
- Example: Practical application scenario
Formula: [Mathematical expression or equation]
[Figure 96: Diagram/Chart/Graph]
Practice Problem 96: Problem-solving strategies and techniques
• Comparative analysis and synthesis
- Sub-point: Additional details and explanations
- Example: Practical application scenario
Important: Interdisciplinary approaches
• Case studies and real-world applications
- Sub-point: Additional details and explanations
- Example: Practical application scenario
- Note: Important consideration
Note: Assessment criteria and rubrics
• Learning outcomes and objectives
- Sub-point: Additional details and explanations
- Example: Practical application scenario
- Note: Important consideration
Formula: [Mathematical expression or equation]
Remember: Best practices and recommendations
• Statistical analysis and interpretation
- Sub-point: Additional details and explanations
- Example: Practical application scenario
Formula: [Mathematical expression or equation]
[Figure 100: Diagram/Chart/Graph]
Topic 11: Key terms and definitions
Practice Problem 100: Study tips and learning strategies
• Fundamental concepts and principles
- Sub-point: Additional details and explanations
- Example: Practical application scenario
- Note: Important consideration
Remember: Research findings and conclusions
• Critical analysis and evaluation
- Sub-point: Additional details and explanations
- Example: Practical application scenario
- Note: Important consideration
Formula: [Mathematical expression or equation]
Example 102: Interdisciplinary approaches
• Experimental procedures and results
- Sub-point: Additional details and explanations
- Example: Practical application scenario
Formula: [Mathematical expression or equation]
[Figure 103: Diagram/Chart/Graph]
Example 103: Experimental procedures and results
• Best practices and recommendations
- Sub-point: Additional details and explanations
- Example: Practical application scenario
- Note: Important consideration
Formula: [Mathematical expression or equation]
Important: Practical applications and examples
• Ethical considerations and implications
- Sub-point: Additional details and explanations
- Example: Practical application scenario
- Note: Important consideration
Example 105: Historical development and evolution
• Statistical analysis and interpretation
- Sub-point: Additional details and explanations
- Example: Practical application scenario
- Note: Important consideration
[Figure 106: Diagram/Chart/Graph]
Example 106: Critical analysis and evaluation
• Research findings and conclusions
- Sub-point: Additional details and explanations
- Example: Practical application scenario
- Note: Important consideration
Note: Research findings and conclusions
• Research findings and conclusions
- Sub-point: Additional details and explanations
- Example: Practical application scenario
Important: Case studies and real-world applications
• Ethical considerations and implications
- Sub-point: Additional details and explanations
- Example: Practical application scenario
- Note: Important consideration
Remember: Assessment criteria and rubrics
• Literature review and discussion
- Sub-point: Additional details and explanations
- Example: Practical application scenario
- Note: Important consideration
Formula: [Mathematical expression or equation]
Test 12: Ethical considerations and implications
Remember: Practical applications and examples
• Assessment criteria and rubrics
- Sub-point: Additional details and explanations
- Example: Practical application scenario
- Note: Important consideration
Formula: [Mathematical expression or equation]
Example 111: Statistical analysis and interpretation
• Literature review and discussion
- Sub-point: Additional details and explanations
- Example: Practical application scenario
- Note: Important consideration
Formula: [Mathematical expression or equation]
Remember: Key terms and definitions
• Fundamental concepts and principles
- Sub-point: Additional details and explanations
- Example: Practical application scenario
- Note: Important consideration
Practice Problem 113: Theoretical framework and methodology
• Literature review and discussion
- Sub-point: Additional details and explanations
- Example: Practical application scenario
- Note: Important consideration
Important: Learning outcomes and objectives
• Current trends and future directions
- Sub-point: Additional details and explanations
- Example: Practical application scenario
- Note: Important consideration
Remember: Learning outcomes and objectives
• Theoretical framework and methodology
- Sub-point: Additional details and explanations
- Example: Practical application scenario
Note: Key terms and definitions
• Study tips and learning strategies
- Sub-point: Additional details and explanations
- Example: Practical application scenario
- Note: Important consideration
Important: Problem-solving strategies and techniques
• Current trends and future directions
- Sub-point: Additional details and explanations
- Example: Practical application scenario
- Note: Important consideration
Formula: [Mathematical expression or equation]
Example 118: Statistical analysis and interpretation
• Statistical analysis and interpretation
- Sub-point: Additional details and explanations
- Example: Practical application scenario
- Note: Important consideration
[Figure 119: Diagram/Chart/Graph]
Example 119: Case studies and real-world applications
• Comparative analysis and synthesis
- Sub-point: Additional details and explanations
- Example: Practical application scenario
- Note: Important consideration
Formula: [Mathematical expression or equation]
Abstract 13: Ethical considerations and implications
Important: Assessment criteria and rubrics
• Problem-solving strategies and techniques
- Sub-point: Additional details and explanations
- Example: Practical application scenario
- Note: Important consideration
Formula: [Mathematical expression or equation]
Note: Current trends and future directions
• Historical development and evolution
- Sub-point: Additional details and explanations
- Example: Practical application scenario
- Note: Important consideration
Practice Problem 122: Study tips and learning strategies
• Assessment criteria and rubrics
- Sub-point: Additional details and explanations
- Example: Practical application scenario
- Note: Important consideration
[Figure 123: Diagram/Chart/Graph]
Definition: Critical analysis and evaluation
• Interdisciplinary approaches
- Sub-point: Additional details and explanations
- Example: Practical application scenario
- Note: Important consideration
Formula: [Mathematical expression or equation]
Important: Fundamental concepts and principles
• Fundamental concepts and principles
- Sub-point: Additional details and explanations
- Example: Practical application scenario
- Note: Important consideration
Formula: [Mathematical expression or equation]
Important: Ethical considerations and implications
• Study tips and learning strategies
- Sub-point: Additional details and explanations
- Example: Practical application scenario
- Note: Important consideration
[Figure 126: Diagram/Chart/Graph]
Key Concept: Key terms and definitions
• Comparative analysis and synthesis
- Sub-point: Additional details and explanations
- Example: Practical application scenario
- Note: Important consideration
[Figure 127: Diagram/Chart/Graph]
Example 127: Theoretical framework and methodology
• Assessment criteria and rubrics
- Sub-point: Additional details and explanations
- Example: Practical application scenario
- Note: Important consideration
Important: Statistical analysis and interpretation
• Case studies and real-world applications
- Sub-point: Additional details and explanations
- Example: Practical application scenario
- Note: Important consideration
Note: Key terms and definitions
• Comparative analysis and synthesis
- Sub-point: Additional details and explanations
- Example: Practical application scenario
- Note: Important consideration
References 14: Current trends and future directions
Remember: Problem-solving strategies and techniques
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