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2017 The differential structure of an orbifold
Jordan Watts
Rocky Mountain J. Math. 47(1): 289-327 (2017). DOI: 10.1216/RMJ-2017-47-1-289

Abstract

We prove that the underlying set of an orbifold equipped with the ring of smooth real-valued functions completely determines the orbifold atlas. Consequently, we obtain an essentially injective functor from orbifolds to differential spaces.

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Jordan Watts. "The differential structure of an orbifold." Rocky Mountain J. Math. 47 (1) 289 - 327, 2017. https://doi.org/10.1216/RMJ-2017-47-1-289

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Published: 2017
First available in Project Euclid: 3 March 2017

zbMATH: 1362.57035
MathSciNet: MR3619765
Digital Object Identifier: 10.1216/RMJ-2017-47-1-289

Subjects:
Primary: 57R18
Secondary: 58A40

Keywords: differential space , finite group action , function codimension , Milnor number , orbifold , Sikorski space , stratified space

Rights: Copyright © 2017 Rocky Mountain Mathematics Consortium

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