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Tedjn
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Hi everyone,
On the Wikipedia page for Tangent space there is a definition of the tangent space at a point x using equivalence classes of curves. It mentions that the tangent space TxM is in bijective correspondence with Rn.
My first question is simply: is there an easy geometric way using only the notion of tangent vectors as equivalence classes of curves to see this?
I can understand why TxM is contained in Rn but cannot see how to prove the bijection without constructing a curve in the tangent space corresponding to each vector in Rn. I don't know how to do that.
Thanks in advance. I know sometimes I don't have the time to or forget to follow up on these question posts. Know that I appreciate all the help.
On the Wikipedia page for Tangent space there is a definition of the tangent space at a point x using equivalence classes of curves. It mentions that the tangent space TxM is in bijective correspondence with Rn.
My first question is simply: is there an easy geometric way using only the notion of tangent vectors as equivalence classes of curves to see this?
I can understand why TxM is contained in Rn but cannot see how to prove the bijection without constructing a curve in the tangent space corresponding to each vector in Rn. I don't know how to do that.
Thanks in advance. I know sometimes I don't have the time to or forget to follow up on these question posts. Know that I appreciate all the help.