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Differentiable vs Varifold - What's the difference?

differentiable | varifold |

As an adjective differentiable

is (calculus|not comparable) having a derivative, said of a function whose domain and codomain are manifolds.

As a noun varifold is

(mathematics) a certain generalization of a differentiable manifold.

differentiable

English

(wikipedia differentiable)

Adjective

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  • (calculus, not comparable) Having a derivative, said of a function whose domain and codomain are manifolds.
  • (comparable, of multiple items) able to be differentiated, e.g. because they appear different

    • Related terms

    * differentiability

    varifold

    English

    Noun

    (wikipedia varifold) (en noun)
  • (mathematics) A certain generalization of a differentiable manifold