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Goldbeetle
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Dear all,
in what sense the tangent space is the best approximation of a manifold?
The idea is clear to me when we think about a surface in Rn and its tangent plane at a point.
But what does this mean when we are referring to very general manifolds?
In what sense "approximation" and in what sense "best"?
Thanks.
Goldbeetle
in what sense the tangent space is the best approximation of a manifold?
The idea is clear to me when we think about a surface in Rn and its tangent plane at a point.
But what does this mean when we are referring to very general manifolds?
In what sense "approximation" and in what sense "best"?
Thanks.
Goldbeetle