Tensorial map

Definition

Suppose $M$ is a differential manifold and $E,F$ are vector bundles over $M$. A $\mathbb {R}$-linear map:

$f:\Gamma (E)\to \Gamma (F)$

between the spaces of sections is termed tensorial or pointwise if it satisfies the following equivalent conditions:

1. There exists a linear map $f_{m}$ from $E_{m}$ to $F_{m}$ for every point $m$, which gives rise to $f$, in the sense that for any $m\in M$ and $s\in \Gamma (E)$:

$f_{m}(s(m))=(f(s))(m)$

1. $f$ is linear with respect to the algebra of all real-valued functions on $M$. In other words, for any real-valued function $g:M\to \mathbb {R}$ we have:

$g(m)(f(s))(m)=f(g(m)s)(m)$

1. $f$ is linear with respect to the algebra of all continuous real-valued functions on $M$. In other words, for any continuous real-valued function $g:M\to \mathbb {R}$ we have the above condition.
2. $f$ is linear with respect to the algebra of all smooth ($C^{\infty }$) functions. In other words, for any smooth real-valued function $g:M\to \mathbb {R}$ we have the above condition