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[[Image:Mobius.png|right|thumb|The [[Möbius strip]] is an example of a 2-manifold.]]

[[Image:Mobius.png|right|thumb|The [[Möbius strip]] is an example of a 2-manifold.]]

An ''n''-dimensional manifold (or ''n''-manifold) ''M'' is a [[topological space]] such that every point in ''M'' has a neighbourhood that is [[homeomorphism|homeomorphic]] to ''R''^''n''.

An ''n''-dimensional manifold (or ''n''-manifold) ''M'' is a [[topological space]] such that every point in ''M'' has a neighbourhood ''U'' that is [[homeomorphism|homeomorphic]] to ''R''^''n''. The homeomorphisms <math>\phi_U : U\rightarrow \mathbf{R}^n</math> should be thought of as providing local coordinates in the neighborhood ''U''. Whenever two such coordinate neighborhoods ''U'' and ''V'' intersect, we also require that the change of coordinate maps <math>\phi_U\circ\phi_V^{-1}:\phi_V(U\cap V)\rightarrow \phi_U(U\cap V)</math> be homeomorphisms.

An ''n''-dimensional complex manifold ''N'' is a [[topological space]] such that every point in ''N'' has a neighbourhood that is [[homeomorphism|homeomorphic]] to '''C'''^''n''.

An ''n''-dimensional complex manifold ''N'' is a [[topological space]] such that every point in ''N'' has a neighbourhood that is [[homeomorphism|homeomorphic]] to '''C'''^''n''.