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A finite coordinate-bump map embeds a compact manifold in some Euclidean space

Statement

Let Mn be a compact smooth manifold. Then there are finitely many coordinate charts (Ui,xi), open sets ViUi covering M, and smooth bump functions ϕi:M[0,1] supported in Ui and equal to 1 on Vi such that

F:=(ϕ1,ϕ1x11,,ϕ1x1n,,ϕm,ϕmxm1,,ϕmxmn):MRm(n+1)

is a smooth embedding.

Facts & Assumptions

Given: A compact smooth n-manifold M.

[L1]

For every point of a smooth manifold there is a chart bump supported in a prescribed chart and equal to 1 on a smaller neighbourhood (A chart bump at a point with prescribed support).

[L2]

An injective immersion from a compact manifold is an embedding (An injective immersion from a compact manifold is an embedding).

Proof

technique · direct
1.1

For each pM, choose a coordinate chart (Up,xp) and an open set VpUp containing p. By [L1] there is a smooth function ϕp supported in Up and equal to 1 on Vp. Compactness gives finitely many such Vi covering M, with associated charts (Ui,xi) and bumps ϕi.

L1givenchoose
2.1

Define the coordinate-bump blocks Bi(q):=(ϕi(q),ϕi(q)xi1(q),,ϕi(q)xin(q))Rn+1, and let F:=(B1,,Bm). The map is smooth because each block is smooth on Ui and vanishes off Ui.

step 1.1construct
2.2

To prove immersion, fix pM and choose i with pVi. Because ϕi is identically 1 on the open set Vi, its differential vanishes there. Thus on Vi the last n coordinates of Bi are just the chart coordinates xi1,,xin, whose differentials form an isomorphism TpMRn. Hence dFp is injective.

step 1.1algebra
3.1

To prove injectivity, suppose F(p)=F(q). Choose i with pVi. Then ϕi(p)=1, hence ϕi(q)=1 as well because the first coordinates of Bi(p) and Bi(q) agree. Therefore qUi, and the equalities ϕi(p)xia(p)=ϕi(q)xia(q) give xia(p)=xia(q) for every a. Since xi is injective on Ui, one gets p=q.

step 1.1step 2.1algebra
4.1

Steps 3.1 and 2.2 show that F is an injective immersion. By [L2], F is a smooth embedding.

L2step 3.1step 2.2

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