Nope, not that. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Manifold https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Manifold The mature formulation of classical (pre-relativistic) physics c

Nope, not that. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Manifold https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Manifold The mature formulation of classical (pre-relativistic) physics circa Hamilton and Poincaré was already coordinate-free in this sense.