Differential Geometry Quiz

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How can the cotangent bundle be described?

  • As the same space as the cotangent space
  • As the same bundle as the tangent bundle
  • As the dual space of the cotangent space
  • As the dual bundle to the tangent bundle (correct)

What is the cotangent bundle in differential geometry?

  • The dual bundle to the tangent space
  • The vector bundle of all the tangent spaces at every point in the manifold
  • The vector bundle of all the cotangent spaces at every point in the manifold (correct)
  • The dual bundle to the cotangent space

In what categories can the concept of cotangent bundle be generalized to?

  • Categories with more structure than smooth manifolds (correct)
  • Categories with less structure than smooth manifolds
  • Categories with only smooth manifolds
  • Categories with only vector spaces

How is the cotangent bundle formally defined via diagonal morphism?

<p>Through a diagonal mapping Δ and germs (A)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What gives an isomorphism between the cotangent bundle and the tangent bundle in the smooth case?

<p>Any Riemannian metric or symplectic form (A)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What gives an isomorphism between the cotangent bundle and the tangent bundle in the smooth case?

<p>Riemannian metric or symplectic form (B)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is the cotangent bundle in differential geometry?

<p>The vector bundle of all the cotangent spaces at every point in the manifold (B)</p> Signup and view all the answers

How may the cotangent bundle be described?

<p>As the dual bundle to the tangent bundle (B)</p> Signup and view all the answers

In the formal definition via diagonal morphism, what does the diagonal mapping Δ do?

<p>Sends a point in M to the point (p,p) of M×M (C)</p> Signup and view all the answers

In what categories can the concept of cotangent bundle be generalized to?

<p>Categories with more structure than smooth manifolds (D)</p> Signup and view all the answers

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