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that is a smooth function between any smooth manifolds and .

The differential of a smooth map

Let be a smooth map of smooth manifolds. Given the differential of at is a linear map

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from the tangent space of at to the tangent space of at The image of a tangent vector under is sometimes called the pushforward of by The exact definition of this pushforward depends on the definition one uses for tangent vectors

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