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Transition Maps of Induced Boundary Charts of an Oriented Atlas are Orientation-Preserving

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Let nn\in N\mathbb{N} with n2n\ge 2, and let MM be an oriented smooth manifold with boundary of dimension nn with nonempty boundary M\partial M, the orientation being given by the chosen oriented smooth atlas. Then the following hold.

  1. Let (U,φ)(U,\varphi) and (V,ψ)(V,\psi) be charts of the oriented atlas with UVU\cap V\ne\varnothing, let aφ(UV)a\in\varphi(U\cap V), and let FF be any local smooth extension of the transition map ψφ1\psi\circ\varphi^{-1} at aa furnished by Smooth Compatibility of Charts Modeled on the Closed Upper Half-Space. Then the determinant of the Jacobian matrix DF(a)DF(a) satisfies detDF(a)>0\det DF(a)>0. (For aa in the image of the interior of MM this is the positive compatibility required of the oriented atlas; the content of this claim is that positivity extends to all points of φ(UV)\varphi(U\cap V), including boundary points.)

  2. In the setting of claim 1, suppose additionally that aa lies in the boundary hyperplane of the closed upper half-space HnH^n, and write F=(F1,,Fn)F=(F_1,\dots,F_n) in coordinates. Then the partial derivatives of the last coordinate function satisfy

Fnxj(a)=0for j{1,,n1},Fnxn(a)>0.\frac{\partial F_n}{\partial x_j}(a)=0 \quad\text{for } j\in\{1,\dots,n-1\},\qquad \frac{\partial F_n}{\partial x_n}(a)>0.
  1. Let ψ1\psi_1 and ψ2\psi_2 be induced boundary charts of M\partial M in the sense of Boundary of a Smooth Manifold with Boundary as a Smooth Manifold of Dimension n-1, arising from charts of the oriented atlas, with overlapping domains. Then the transition map ψ2ψ11\psi_2\circ\psi_1^{-1} between the corresponding images is a smooth diffeomorphism of admissible domains in Euclidean space Rn1\mathbb{R}^{n-1}, and it is orientation-preserving in the sense of that definition; that is, the determinant of its Jacobian matrix is positive at every point of its domain.
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