Local immersion theorem

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Statement

Let M and N be differential manifolds of dimensions m<n. Let f:MN be a differentiable map between them. Let pM be a point such that f is an immersion at p -- in other words, the induced map dfp is injective. Then, there exists a neighbourhood Up in M and Vf(p) in N, and a choice of coordinate charts, such that the restriction of f to U, viewed using those coordinate charts, is a map of the form:

(x1,x2,,xm)(x1,x2,,xm,0,0,,0)