tangent space
Noun
Meaning
tangent space (plural tangent spaces)
(topology, differential topology) An n-dimensional vector space that represents the set of all vectors tangent to given n-dimensional differentiable manifold M at point x.
Noun
tangent space (plural tangent spaces)
(topology, differential topology) An n-dimensional vector space that represents the set of all vectors tangent to given n-dimensional differentiable manifold M at point x.