2023/01/06 by Christian Blohmann, Blohmann, Christian · 1 citation
Mathematics · Medicine · Physics and Astronomy · #18F15 #18F40 #58A03 #58A40 #Advanced Differential Geometry Research #Category Theory (math.CT) #Differential Geometry (math.DG) #FOS: Mathematics #Homotopy and Cohomology in Algebraic Topology #Ophthalmology and Eye Disorders
paper · pdf · doi:10.48550/arxiv.2301.02583
openalex publication_date 2023/01/06 · openalex created_date 2025/10/10 · openalex updated_date 2026/07/28
We introduce a class of diffeological spaces, called elastic, on which the left Kan extension of the tangent functor of smooth manifolds defines an abstract tangent functor in the sense of Rosicky. On elastic spaces there is a natural Cartan calculus, consisting of vector fields and differential forms, together with the Lie bracket, de Rham differential, inner derivative, and Lie derivative, satisfying the usual graded commutation relations. Elastic spaces are closed under arbitrary coproducts, finite products, and retracts. Examples include manifolds with corners and cusps, diffeological groups and diffeological vector spaces with a mild extra condition, mapping spaces between smooth manifolds, and spaces of sections of smooth fiber bundles. This paper is a condensed preview of a longer work, explaining its motivation, main concepts, and results, but omitting most of the proofs.