"coordinate chart" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: coordinate charts [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} coordinate chart (plural coordinate charts)
  1. (differential geometry) A homeomorphism from a local neighborhood around a point on a topological n-manifold in a Banach space to an n-dimensional Banach space (typically a subspace of the space the manifold is embedded in). Categories (topical): Differential geometry, Functions Synonyms: chart, coordinate map, surface patch Related terms: transition function, atlas Translations (Translations): kartta (Finnish), Karte [feminine] (German), Flachmacher [masculine] (German)

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