I have seen this symbol in the formulation of this question. There, it is said:
Let $f: X \to Y$ be a smooth map with $f \pitchfork Z$.
I was googling, but I haven't found any answers.
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I have seen this symbol in the formulation of this question. There, it is said:
Let $f: X \to Y$ be a smooth map with $f \pitchfork Z$.
I was googling, but I haven't found any answers.
Best Answer
It means transversality. Spesifically, that the image of $f$ is transverse to $Z$. See http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Transversality_%28mathematics%29
Two submanifolds $U$ and $V$ of a manifold $M$ are called transversal at $x\in Z$ if $$T_xU+T_xV=T_xM$$ and simply transversal if they are transversal at all intersection points. Note that the sum is not direct. We identify $T_xU$ and $T_xV$ by the appropriate subspaces of $T_xM$.