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A differential manifold is, loosely speaking, a space which locally looks like some ℝn and on which we can speak of Ck functions for 1 ≤ k ≤ ∞. We shall make this vague definition more precise presently.
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Kumaresan, S. (2002). Manifolds and Lie Groups. In: A Course in Differential Geometry and Lie Groups. Texts and Readings in Mathematics, vol 22. Hindustan Book Agency, Gurgaon. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-93-86279-08-8_2
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