suborbifold

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noun

A submanifold of a space that is not smooth at every point, although it remains well-defined within the space.

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Meanings

nounsuborbifold (plural suborbifolds)

plural suborbifolds

  1. mathematicsA submanifold of a space that is not smooth at every point, although it remains well-defined within the space.

    We also investigate the property of saturation in this context, and give an example of a suborbifold with the canonical orbifold substructure that is not saturated..

    2016, Joseph E. Borzellino, Victor Brunsden, “On the Inheritance of Orbifold Substructures”, in arXiv

Origin

From sub- + orbifold.

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