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mathematics Mathematics is a field of study that discovers and organizes methods, Mathematical theory, theories and theorems that are developed and Mathematical proof, proved for the needs of empirical sciences and mathematics itself. There are many ar ...
, or specifically, in differential topology, Ehresmann's lemma or Ehresmann's fibration theorem states that if a
smooth mapping In mathematical analysis, the smoothness of a function (mathematics), function is a property measured by the number of Continuous function, continuous Derivative (mathematics), derivatives (''differentiability class)'' it has over its Domain o ...
f\colon M \rightarrow N, where M and N are
smooth manifold In mathematics, a differentiable manifold (also differential manifold) is a type of manifold that is locally similar enough to a vector space to allow one to apply calculus. Any manifold can be described by a collection of charts (atlas). One may ...
s, is # a surjective submersion, and # a
proper map In mathematics, a function (mathematics), function between topological spaces is called proper if inverse images of compact space, compact subsets are compact. In algebraic geometry, the analogous concept is called a proper morphism. Definition ...
(in particular, this condition is always satisfied if ''M'' is
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), then it is a locally trivial fibration. This is a foundational result in differential topology due to
Charles Ehresmann Charles Ehresmann (19 April 1905 – 22 September 1979) was a German-born French mathematician who worked in differential topology and category theory. He was an early member of the Bourbaki group, and is known for his work on the differentia ...
, and has many variants.


See also

* Thom's first isotopy lemma


References

* * {{cite book, last1=Kolář, first1=Ivan, last2=Michor, first2=Peter W., last3=Slovák, first3=Jan, title=Natural operations in differential geometry, publisher=
Springer-Verlag Springer Science+Business Media, commonly known as Springer, is a German multinational publishing company of books, e-books and peer-reviewed journals in science, humanities, technical and medical (STM) publishing. Originally founded in 1842 in ...
, location=Berlin, year=1993, isbn=3-540-56235-4, mr=1202431, zbl=0782.53013, url=https://www.emis.de///monographs/KSM/ Theorems in differential topology