Tangent space
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tangent-space-181-11885894
title:
Tangent space
text:
In mathematics, the tangent space of a manifold is a generalization of tangent lines to curves in two-dimensional space and tangent planes to surfaces in three-dimensional space in higher dimensions. In the context of physics the tangent space to a manifold at a point can be viewed as the space of possible velocities for a particle moving on the manifold.
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wiki
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encyclopedia
description:
Assignment of vector fields to manifolds
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tangent_space
date created:
2001-09-30T13:18:22Z
date modified:
2024-09-05T23:13:38Z
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