Intuitively, a manifold is a generalization of curves and surfaces to arbitrary dimension. While there are many different kinds of manifolds—topological manifolds, Ck-manifolds, analytic manifolds, and complex manifolds, in this book we are concerned mainly with smooth manifolds.
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(2008). Manifolds. In: An Introduction to Manifolds. Universitext. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-0-387-48101-2_5
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