Ehresmann's lemma
Template:Short description In mathematics, or specifically, in differential topology, Ehresmann's lemma or Ehresmann's fibration theorem states that if a smooth mapping <math> f\colon M \rightarrow N</math>, where <math> M </math> and <math>N</math> are smooth manifolds, is
- a surjective submersion, and
- a proper map (in particular, this condition is always satisfied if M is compact),
then it is a locally trivial fibration. This is a foundational result in differential topology due to Charles Ehresmann, and has many variants.