Geometric partial differentiability on manifolds: the tangential derivative and the chain rule

DOI10.1016/J.JMAA.2015.11.036zbMATH Open1334.58005arXiv1501.01223OpenAlexW2097846334MaRDI QIDQ898884FDOQ898884

Authors: Alexandra Convent, Jean Van Schaftingen 

Publication date: 21 December 2015

Published in: Journal of Mathematical Analysis and Applications (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: We define the tangential derivative, a notion of directional derivative which is invariant under diffeomorphisms. In particular this derivative is invariant under changes of chart and is thus well-defined for functions defined on a differentiable manifold. This notion is weaker than the classical directional derivative in general and equivalent to the latter for Lipschitz continuous functions. We characterize also the pairs of tangentially differentiable functions for which the chain rule holds.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/1501.01223

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zbMATH Keywords

directional derivativechain ruledifferentiable manifoldLipschitz continuous functions

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Differentiable manifolds, foundations (58A05) Differentiation theory (Gateaux, Fréchet, etc.) on manifolds (58C20)

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