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Atlas.GeometryOfManifolds.code.VectorFieldFlow

A smooth flow $\varphi_t : M \to M$ on a smooth $n$-manifold $M$: a time-parameterized family of smooth self-maps with $\varphi_0 = \mathrm{id}_M$.

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    The flow at time $t = 0$ is the identity: $\varphi_0(x) = x$.

    A smooth isotopy: a smooth flow $\varphi_t : M \to M$ whose evaluation map $(t, x) \mapsto \varphi_t(x)$ is jointly smooth on $\mathbb{R} \times M$.

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      Existence of a smooth flow generated by a (time-dependent) vector field $X_t$ on a compact smooth manifold $M$: the global flow $\varphi_t$ obtained by integrating $X$.

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        The flow generated by $X$ satisfies the ODE $\frac{d}{dt}\varphi_t(x) = X_t(\varphi_t(x))$, i.e. its time derivative equals $X$ evaluated along the integral curve.