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inlet (x4) be a C® family of C® vector fields on a compact manifold M7
i be more precise, Suppose X is a C™ vector field on M x (0, 1]; then X"(p)
a genote Ms X(p,t):) From the addendum to Chapter 5, and the argument
ch was used in the proof of Theorem 5-6, it follows that there is a C family
} of diffeomorphisms of M [not necessarily a 1-parameter group], with ¢y =
sentity, which is generated by {X“}, i.e., for any C® function f: M > R we
= (X'f)(p) = lim L@r+n(P)) = FC)
h>0 h ‘
fora family @; of k-forms on M we define the k-form
< Orth — O
OG) 5 ine
hoo h
(a) Show that for n(t) = $;*w, we have
he = b1" (Ly @ + @).
(b) Let @ and @ be nowhere zero n-forms on a compact oriented n-mani-
fold M, and define
@; = (1 — two + ta.
Show that the family ¢ of diffeomorphisms generated by {X‘} satisfies
gro = 00 for all ¢
ifand only if
Lyt @ = 0 — 1.