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Smooth partition of unity on a manifold with boundary

Definition

Let M be a smooth manifold with boundary in the sense of Smooth charts, atlases, and structures with boundary, and let (Uj)j∈J be an indexed open cover of M. A smooth partition of unity subordinate to this cover is a family (ϕj)j∈J of functions ϕj:M→[0,1] such that:

  1. every ϕj is smooth in boundary charts, using the local-extension convention of Smooth functions on relatively open half-space sets;
  2. the family (supp⁡ϕj)j∈J is locally finite (Refinements, locally finite families, point-finite families, and star refinements);
  3. supp⁡ϕj⊆Uj for every j; and
  4. ∑j∈Jϕj(p)=1 for every p∈M.

Here supp⁡ϕj is the closure in M of {p:ϕj(p)≠0}. Local finiteness makes the pointwise sum locally finite. The definition includes M=∅, when the zero family indexed by an empty cover satisfies the conditions.

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