1.II.24H
Let be a smooth map between manifolds without boundary. Recall that is a submersion if is surjective for all . The canonical submersion is the standard projection of onto for , given by
(i) Let be a submersion, and . Show that there exist local coordinates around and such that , in these coordinates, is the canonical submersion. [You may assume the inverse function theorem.]
(ii) Show that submersions map open sets to open sets.
(iii) If is compact and connected, show that every submersion is surjective. Are there submersions of compact manifolds into Euclidean spaces with ?
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