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Smooth locally defined functions can be glued by a partition of unity

Statement

Let $(U_{i})_{i \in I}$ be an open cover of a smooth manifold $M$ , let $f_{i} : U_{i} \to R$ be smooth for each $i$ , and let $(ϕ_{i})_{i \in I}$ be a smooth partition of unity subordinate to $(U_{i})$ . Then the pointwise formula $F (p) : = \sum_{i} ϕ_{i} (p) f_{i} (p)$ defines a smooth function $F : M \to R$ .

Facts & Assumptions

Given: An open cover $(U_{i})_{i \in I}$ of $M$ , smooth functions $f_{i} : U_{i} \to R$ , and a smooth partition of unity $(ϕ_{i})_{i \in I}$ subordinate to $(U_{i})$ .

[F1]

In a smooth partition of unity subordinate to $(U_{i})$ , the support family $(supp (ϕ_{i}))$ is locally finite and each support lies in $U_{i}$ (Smooth partitions of unity subordinate to an open cover).

[L1]

Smooth maps paste over an open cover (Smooth maps paste over an open cover).

[L2]

A locally finite sum of smooth functions is smooth (A locally finite sum of smooth functions is smooth).

[A1]

For each $i$ , the product $ϕ_{i} f_{i}$ is smooth on $U_{i}$ .

Proof

technique · direct

1.1

Fix $i \in I$ . On the open set $U_{i}$ let $G_{i} : = ϕ_{i} f_{i}$ , and on the open set $M ∖ supp (ϕ_{i})$ let $H_{i} : = 0$ . By [A1], the map $G_{i}$ is smooth on $U_{i}$ ; by [F1], the two open sets cover $M$ and on the overlap $U_{i} ∖ supp (ϕ_{i})$ one has $ϕ_{i} = 0$ , so $G_{i} = H_{i}$ . Therefore [L1] pastes them to a smooth global function $F_{i} : M \to R$ with $F_{i} = ϕ_{i} f_{i}$ on $U_{i}$ and $supp (F_{i}) \subseteq supp (ϕ_{i})$ .

F1L1A1givenconstruct

2.1

By [F1] and step 1.1, the family $(supp (F_{i}))_{i \in I}$ is locally finite. Hence the sum $F : = \sum_{i} F_{i}$ is well defined and smooth by [L2].

F1L2step 1.1

3.1

Let $p \in M$ . If $ϕ_{i} (p) \neq 0$ , then $p \in U_{i}$ and step 1.1 gives $F_{i} (p) = ϕ_{i} (p) f_{i} (p)$ . If $ϕ_{i} (p) = 0$ , then $p \notin supp (ϕ_{i})$ , so step 1.1 gives $F_{i} (p) = 0 = ϕ_{i} (p) f_{i} (p)$ . Thus $F (p) = \sum_{i} ϕ_{i} (p) f_{i} (p)$ , and this pointwise formula is smooth by step 2.1.

F1step 1.1step 2.1∎

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Weighted sums do not glue arbitrary manifold-valued maps False statement

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Sources

John M. Lee, Introduction to Smooth Manifolds (standard reference, not scraped)
Will J. Merry, Differential Geometry (standard reference, not scraped)
Nigel Hitchin, Differentiable Manifolds (standard reference, not scraped)