2.II
Part II, 2006
Let be a surface.
(a) Define the exponential map at a point . Assuming that exp is smooth, show that is a diffeomorphism in a neighbourhood of the origin in .
(b) Given a parametrization around , define the Christoffel symbols and show that they only depend on the coefficients of the first fundamental form.
(c) Consider a system of normal co-ordinates centred at , that is, Cartesian coordinates in and parametrization given by , where is an orthonormal basis of . Show that all of the Christoffel symbols are zero at .