The pushforward is a concept in differential geometry that describes how a function between manifolds transforms tangent vectors at a point from the domain manifold to the target manifold. This transformation captures how the structure of the original manifold is carried over to another manifold under smooth mappings. The pushforward is essential for understanding how vector fields behave when they are moved from one space to another, as well as for analyzing geometric properties of metrics in different contexts.
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