Timeline for Are dual vectors not intrinsic to the manifold?
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| Nov 12, 2021 at 14:42 | vote | accept | Egg Man | ||
| Nov 12, 2021 at 13:31 | comment | added | WillO | The tangent and cotangent spaces at a point on a manifold are, if anything, more intrinsic than the metric, because they exist (and don't depend on coordinates) even if there is no metric. | |
| Nov 12, 2021 at 13:28 | answer | added | WillO | timeline score: 2 | |
| Nov 12, 2021 at 13:16 | comment | added | Egg Man | @Qmechanic It's not too informal. I've seen these words in physics books. You must know what I mean. Example- Co-ordinates are not intrinsic. Metric is intrinsic, etc. | |
| Nov 12, 2021 at 13:10 | comment | added | Qmechanic♦ | Define the words 'intrinsic' and 'attached'. | |
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