Paper 1, Section II, G
Define what is meant by the regular values and critical values of a smooth map of manifolds. State the Preimage Theorem and Sard's Theorem.
Suppose now that . If is compact, prove that the set of regular values is open in , but show that this may not be the case if is non-compact.
Construct an example with and compact for which the set of critical values is not a submanifold of .
[Hint: You may find it helpful to consider the case and . Properties of bump functions and the function may be assumed in this question.]
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