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Expand Up @@ -54,15 +54,20 @@ \section{Inverse function theorem}
Note that this theorem can fail for manifold with boundary.
A counterexample\footnote{Exercise: why?} is given by the inclusion map $\cH^n \hookrightarrow \R^n$.

An important observation at this point is that the crucial property
of the mapping in the inverse function theorem is the rank of its
differential.
If we think in euclidean terms and remember that the differential of a map
is the best linear approximation to the map, then we can start
wondering if we can use this as a tool to probe the structure of manifolds
and their tangent spaces.

In fact, if we restrict our attention to constant rank maps, that is, maps whose rank is the same at all points on the manifold, we can go quite a long way and the tool to get there is the following.
An important observation at this point is that the rank of the mapping
is a crucial property in the inverse function theorem and it is really a
property of its differential.
If we map our manifold via some function $F$ or via its charts into a
euclidean space in such a way that the rank of the mapping remains fixed,
and thus all the tangent spaces will be mapped to euclidean spaces of same dimensions,
we may be able to use the shape of the mapping itself to describe the
shape of the manifold.

In fact, if we restrict our attention to constant rank maps, that is,
maps whose rank is the same at all points on the manifold, we can go quite a
long way and show that any manifold locally looks like a projection or an inclusion.
The tool to get there is the following, we will see more clearly the link with
projections and inclusions in the next subsection.

\begin{theorem}[Rank theorem]\label{thm:rank}
Let $F : M^m \to N^n$ be a smooth function between smooth manifolds without boundary\footnote{The theorem can be extended to allow $M$ with boundary and $N$ without boundary assuming $\ker dF_p \not\subseteq T_p\partial M$ but we will omit this case here to keep the discussion more contained and avoid unnecessary technicalities.}.
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Let $\pi:E \to M$ be a smooth vector bundle of rank $k$ over $M$. Let $U,V\subseteq M$, $U\cap V\neq \emptyset$.
If $\varPhi : \pi^{-1}(U) \to U \times \R^k$ and $\Psi: \pi^{-1}(V) \to V \times \R^k$ are two smooth local trivializations of $E$, then there exists a smooth map $\tau: U\cap V \to GL(k, \R)$ such that
\begin{align}
\varPhi\circ\Psi^{-1} : (U\cap V)\times\R^k &\to (U\cap V)\times \R^k \to (U\cap V)\times \R^k \\
\varPhi\circ\Psi^{-1} : (U\cap V)\times\R^k &\to \pi^{-1}(U\cap V) \to (U\cap V)\times \R^k \\
(p,v) &\mapsto (p, \tau(p) v).
\end{align}
\end{lemma}
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