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How statement and proof provenance work

The first chip identifies the source of the statement or construction; the second identifies the source of its local proof or verification.

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A value outside the image can still be regular

Example

For the smooth map $f : R \to R$ , $f (x) = e^{x}$ , the value $0$ is a regular value even though $f^{- 1} (0) = \emptyset$ .

Facts & Assumptions

Given: The map $f (x) = e^{x}$ .

[F1]

The definition of regular value allows the fibre to be empty (Regular and critical points and values).

[L1]

The derivative of $e^{x}$ is $e^{x}$ (The exponential function is smooth and $(\exp)^{'} = \exp$ ), and the exponential maps $R$ bijectively onto $(0, \infty)$ (The exponential is a continuous bijection from $R$ onto $(0, \infty)$ ).

Verification

technique · direct

1.1given

The image of $f$ is $(0, \infty)$ , so $f^{- 1} (0) = \emptyset$ .

2.1F1L1step 1.1

By [F1], regularity of $0$ asks whether every point of the empty fibre is regular, which is vacuously true. The derivative fact [L1] is compatible with that conclusion because the map has no critical point over $0$ .

3.1step 1.1step 2.1∎

Hence $0$ is a regular value although it is not attained.

Depends on

Used by

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Sources

Nigel Hitchin, Differentiable Manifolds, Theorem 3.3 context (standard reference, not scraped)