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Definition. Diffeological space [math-001D]

A diffeological space is a pair (X,DX)(X, \mathcal{D}_X) consists of a given set XX and a diffeology DX\mathcal{D}_X consists of a collection of parameterizations p:UXp : U \to X satisfying the following conditions:

  1. All parameterizations with domain R0\mathbb{R}^0 belong to DX\mathcal{D}_X , namely all the points of XX
  2. If p:VXp : V \to X is a parameterization, and f:UVf : U \to V is a smooth map between cartesian spaces, then pfp \circ f belongs to DX\mathcal{D}_X
  3. If p:UXp : U \to X is a parameterization, an open cover (Ui)iI(U_i)_{i\in I} of UU that each restriction pUiDXp \mid_{U_i} \in \mathcal{D}_X , then pDXp \in \mathcal{D}_X

If DX\mathcal{D}_X is a diffeology, then we call a parameterization pp that belongs to it a plot.