Atlas (topology)
In topology, an atlas is
a collection of charts that covers a manifold.
The definition of a smooth structure is by means of a maximal atlas: an atlas of charts refines another one if it adds charts (in such a way that the overlap functions remain smooth). The existence of maximal atlases, that cannot further be refined, follows from Zorn's lemma.
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Atlas | List of general topology topics
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