Why keep the point in if one later identifies the pair with ?
Conditions
- Applies to the first coordinate in
Reasoning, step by step
- Acknowledge the apparent redundancy of keeping after identifying with .
- Recognize that functions as a basepoint.
- Understand that this basepoint role is useful for defining derivatives at points.
Example
The on-screen caption states " is a “basepoint”", and the narrator explains that this role becomes important when discussing a basepoint-compatible definition of derivative.
Common misconceptions
- Thinking the basepoint is redundant and serves no purpose.
- Assuming the tangent space is just a vector space without any attached basepoint.
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