Fixing orientation by fixing a frame in a tangent space

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Fixing the orientation of a k-manifold smooth connected ##S## in ##\mathbb{R}^n## is definitively equivalent to fixing a frame for one of its tangent spaces. Different orientations arise from orienting atlases that contain inconsistent maps across overlapping domains. To establish that fixing a frame at any point ##x_0 \in S## determines the orientation of ##S##, one must consider the properties of simply connected manifolds, as highlighted in Claudio Gorodski's response regarding the relationship between simply connectedness and orientability.

PREREQUISITES
  • Understanding of k-manifolds and their properties
  • Familiarity with tangent spaces in differential geometry
  • Knowledge of orienting atlases and their role in manifold orientation
  • Concept of simply connected spaces and their implications for orientability
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  • Study the properties of k-manifolds in differential geometry
  • Learn about tangent space frames and their significance in orientation
  • Research orienting atlases and their construction for manifolds
  • Explore the relationship between simply connectedness and orientability in topology
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I would like to show that fixing the orientation of k-manifold smooth connected ##S## in ##\mathbb {R} ^ n ## is equivalent to fixing a frame for one of its tangent spaces.

What I know is that different orientations correspond to orienting atlases containing maps that cannot be consistent with maps in other orienting atlases of other equivalence classes, when their domains of action overlap.

How could we pass from this fact, to the fact that it is enough to fix a frame anywhere ##x_0 \in S ## to determine the orientation of ## S ##?
 
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