A submanifold is a subset of a manifold that is itself a manifold, with its own set of charts and smooth structure. Submanifolds can have lower dimensions than the ambient manifold and are crucial for understanding the geometric and topological properties of manifolds. They allow for more complex structures to be analyzed within a larger space, while still retaining smoothness and differentiability.
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