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There are the following textbooks to learn about infinite-dimensional manifolds:

  1. "The Convenient Setting of Global Analysis" by Andreas Kriegl and Peter W. Michor

  2. "Functions on Manifolds: Algebraic and Topological Aspects" by V. V. Sharko

  3. "Diffeology" by Patrick Iglesias-Zemmour

  4. "Fundamentals of Differential Geometry" by Serge Lang

  5. "Foundations of Global Non-Linear Analysis" by Richard S. Palais

  6. "The Inverse Function Theorem of Nash and Moser" by Richard S. Hamilton

  7. "Manifolds, Tensor Analysis, and Applications" by Ralph Abraham, Jerrold E. Marsden and Tudor Ratiu

  8. "Foundations of Mechanics" by Ralph Abraham and Jerrold E. Marsden

  9. "Analysis, Manifolds and Physics" by Yvonne Choquet-Bruhat and Cecile DeWitt-Morette

  10. "Riemannian Geometry" by Wilhelm P.A. Klingenberg

  11. "Infinite-Dimensional Lie Groups" by Karl-Hermann Neeb

  12. "Nonlinear Functional Analysis" by Klaus Deimling

  13. "Real and Functional Analysis" by Serge Lang

  14. "Differential and Riemannian Manifolds" by Serge Lang

  15. "The Dolbeault complex in infinite dimensions, I." by László Lempert

  16. "The Dolbeault complex in infinite dimensions, II." by László Lempert

  17. "The Dolbeault complex in infinite dimensions, III." by László Lempert

  18. "On the differential geometry of infinite-dimensional Lie groups and its application to the hydrodynamics of perfect fluids" by Vladimir I. Arnold

  19. "Geometric Aspects of General Topology" by Katsuro Sakai

  20. "Topology of Infinite-Dimensional Manifolds" by Katsuro Sakai

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    Presumably there are different formalisms available suited to different purposes and these texts don't all use the same formalism. It would be nice to sort them into categories and say something about what formalisms they use and for what purpose. – Qiaochu Yuan Jan 31 '25 at 17:12