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Chart independence of $C^{r}$ smoothness

Statement

Let $M$ and $N$ be smooth manifolds, let $F : M \to N$ be continuous at $p \in M$ , and let $r \in N_{0} \cup {\infty}$ . Let $(U, φ)$ , $(U^{'}, φ^{'})$ be smooth charts of $M$ at $p$ and $(V, ψ)$ , $(V^{'}, ψ^{'})$ smooth charts of $N$ at $F (p)$ , with $F (U) \subseteq V$ and $F (U^{'}) \subseteq V^{'}$ . If the representative $ψ \circ F \circ φ^{- 1}$ is of class $C^{r}$ on a neighbourhood of $φ (p)$ , then the representative $ψ^{'} \circ F \circ φ^{' - 1}$ is of class $C^{r}$ on a neighbourhood of $φ^{'} (p)$ . Testing one chart pair therefore agrees with testing any other.

Facts & Assumptions

Given: The manifolds, map, point, smoothness class $r$ , and the four charts of the Statement, with $ψ \circ F \circ φ^{- 1}$ of class $C^{r}$ near $φ (p)$ .

[F1]

Any two charts of a smooth manifold are smoothly compatible: their domains are disjoint or both transition maps are smooth (Smoothly compatible charts and the smoothness of Euclidean transition maps, Smooth manifolds and their smooth charts).

[L1]

If $u : W \to W^{'}$ is smooth and $g : W^{'} \to W^{''}$ is $C^{r}$ , then $g \circ u$ is $C^{r}$ ; and if $h : W \to W^{'}$ is $C^{r}$ and $v : W^{'} \to W^{''}$ is smooth, then $v \circ h$ is $C^{r}$ (Compatibility of smooth atlases is an equivalence relation, and smooth Euclidean maps compose).

Proof

technique · direct

1.1givenF1

The overlaps $U \cap U^{'}$ and $V \cap V^{'}$ contain $p$ and $F (p)$ , so both are [given, F1] nonempty; by [F1] the transitions $φ \circ φ^{' - 1}$ on $φ^{'} (U \cap U^{'})$ and $ψ^{'} \circ ψ^{- 1}$ on $ψ (V \cap V^{'})$ are smooth. Because $F$ is continuous at $p$ and $F (p) \in V \cap V^{'}$ , there is an open neighbourhood $U_{p} \subseteq U \cap U^{'}$ of $p$ with $F (U_{p}) \subseteq V \cap V^{'}$ .

2.1givenF1L1step 1.1

On $φ^{'} (U_{p})$ the new representative factors as

$ψ^{'} \circ F \circ φ^{' - 1} = (ψ^{'} \circ ψ^{- 1}) \circ (ψ \circ F \circ φ^{- 1}) \circ (φ \circ φ^{' - 1}) .$

First [L1] composes the smooth $φ \circ φ^{' - 1}$ after the $C^{r}$ map $ψ \circ F \circ φ^{- 1}$ and keeps $C^{r}$ ; then [L1] composes the smooth $ψ^{'} \circ ψ^{- 1}$ after that and keeps $C^{r}$ . The middle factor is $C^{r}$ on the image of $φ^{'} (U_{p})$ under $φ \circ φ^{' - 1}$ , which is an open neighbourhood of $φ (p)$ inside the set where the given representative is $C^{r}$ ; hence the composite is $C^{r}$ on $φ^{'} (U_{p})$ . [given, F1, L1, step 1.1]

3.1givenstep 2.1∎

The set $φ^{'} (U_{p})$ is an open neighbourhood of $φ^{'} (p)$ , so the [given, step 2.1] representative $ψ^{'} \circ F \circ φ^{' - 1}$ is $C^{r}$ near $φ^{'} (p)$ . The reverse implication is the same argument with the chart pairs interchanged.

Depends on

Used by

Identity maps and composites of smooth maps are smooth Proposition
Smooth maps are continuous Proposition
Smoothness is local on the source Proposition

Cited to discharge well-definedness by Cʳ and smooth maps between smooth manifolds.

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Sources

Nigel Hitchin, Differentiable Manifolds, §2.4 (standard reference, not scraped)
Rob van der Vorst, Introduction to differentiable manifolds, §2 (standard reference, not scraped)

Chart independence of CrCr smoothness