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The document outlines the midterm exam for MAT 367: Differential Geometry, scheduled for June 18, with a submission deadline of 11:30 AM through Crowdmark. It consists of several problems covering topics such as smooth manifolds, regular values, and properties of functions on manifolds, with varying point values assigned to each problem. Additionally, there are bonus questions related to smooth functions and examples of manifolds.

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367 Mock Midterm

The document outlines the midterm exam for MAT 367: Differential Geometry, scheduled for June 18, with a submission deadline of 11:30 AM through Crowdmark. It consists of several problems covering topics such as smooth manifolds, regular values, and properties of functions on manifolds, with varying point values assigned to each problem. Additionally, there are bonus questions related to smooth functions and examples of manifolds.

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MAT 367: Differential Geometry

Midterm
Thursday, June 18

Note: Submit by 11:30 AM through Crowdmark. No late submissions will be accepted.

Problem 1 [5]
Let S = ([0, 1) × {0}) ∪ ({0} × [0, 1)) ⊆ R2 equipped with the subspace topology.
(a) Show that S is a smooth manifold of dimension 1.
(b) Find a function f ∈ C ∞ (R2 ) such that f |S ∈
/ C ∞ (S). Conclude that S is not a
submanifold of R2 .

Problem 2 [10]
Let F : R4 → R2 be the function defined by
F (x, y, z, w) = (x + y 2 + z 2 + w2 + y, x + y)
(a) Show that (1, 0) is a regular value and conclude that M := F −1 ((1, 0)) is a subman-
ifold of R4 .
(b) Show that M is diffeomorphic to S 2 .
(c) For p = (0, 0, √12 , √12 ) ∈ M , find a basis for Tp M expressed as a linear combination
∂ ∂ ∂ ∂
of the coordinate vectors ∂x , ∂y , ∂z , ∂w .

Problem 3 [5]
Let S be a submanifold of a manifold M and let f ∈ C ∞ (S). Show that for all p ∈ S,
there exists a neighbourhood Wp of p in M and a smooth function f˜p : Wp → R such that
f˜p = f|Wp ∩S .
Wp ∩S

Problem 4 [10]
(a) Let f : S n → R be a smooth function. Show that there exists p ∈ S n such that
v(f ) = 0 for all v ∈ Tp S n .
(b) Let f : S 1 → R be a function such that p = (cos f (p), sin f (p)) for any p ∈ S 1 . Show
that f cannot be smooth.
(*bonus* [2]) Show that f cannot be continuous.
Problem 5 [20]
Are the following true or false? Justify your answer briefly.
3 marks each; 20 is the maximum mark (excluding the bonus).
(a) For any germ [f ] ∈ Cp∞ (M ), there exists a function f˜ ∈ C ∞ (M ) such that [f ] = [f˜].
(b) The map F : Rn → RP n defined by F (x1 , ..., xn ) = [x1 , ..., xn , 2] is a diffeomorphism
onto its image.
(c) Tp M is an n dimensional submanifold of T M that is diffeomorphic to Rn . (dim M =
n).
(d) Let M × N be the product manifold of M and N and let π : M × N → M be the
projection map. Then for any (p, q) ∈ M × N , Kernel(π∗,(p,q) ) is isomorphic to Tp M .
(e) An injective submersion from M to M is an embedding.
(f ) If F : M → M has constant rank r < dim M , then F cannot be injective.
(g) Let (U, φ = (x1 , ..., xn )) be a chart on a manifold M . Then the coordinate vector
fields { ∂x∂ 1 , ..., ∂x∂n } is a basis for X(U ) making it a vector space over R of dimension
n.
(h) Let γ be a curve on M and let X ∈ X(M ). If f ∈ C ∞ (M ) is constant on γ, then
X(f ) = 0 on γ.
(i) Let γ : (−ε, ε) → M be a smooth embedded curve on M that lies in a coordinate
open set U . There exists a smooth vector field X ∈ X(M ) such that Xγ(t) = γ 0 (t)
for all t ∈ [− 2ε , 2ε ].
(j) Let M1 and M2 be two maximal atlases on M . If M1 ∩ M2 6= φ, then M1 = M2 .
(k) (*bonus* [2]) If there exists a surjective smooth immersion from N to M , then
their dimensions are the same.

Problem 6: *bonus* [2]


Find an example of a smooth manifold S ⊆ M equipped with the subspace topology that
preserves smooth functions (f |S ∈ C ∞ (S) whenever f ∈ C ∞ (M )), but is not a submanifold
of M .

Note: You can get up to 56/50 in this test.

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