A weird definition of regular function

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Consider the following definition, where immersions are defined:

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Later the author states:

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The problem: In the definition, a regular function is defined to have constant rank in particular. But later it is stated, as if it were something that would need a proof, that the rank of an immersion (which in particular is a regular function), is constant in a neighborhood. This doesn't make sense.
What am I missing here? Maybe the author messed up the definition of "regular function" and assumed too much?

Later the author states "Let $\varphi$ be regular at $0$, i.e. $D\varphi (0)$ is injective. How can I make sense of this, if regularity was defined as a property holding for the whole domain, not just a single point? (Also, $D\varphi (0)$ being injective is something that pertains to an immersion, not a regular function, according to the definitions above.)

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The underlined part in second picture actually has nothing to do with the first picture. That is simply an application of the property of continuous functions.

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If not defined, then you may understand the regularity as

$f \colon U \to \mathbb R^n$ where $U \subseteq \mathbb R^k$ is regular at $x_0 \in U$ if $\mathrm Df(x_0)$ has full rank, i.e. $$\mathrm {rk}(\mathrm Df(x_0)) = \min \{n, k\}.$$

When the author says

i.e. $\mathrm Df(0)$ is injective

there should be some statements before about the dimensions of domain and codomain, otherwise this is not fully supported.