differential forms

(1.2 hours to learn)

Summary

Differential forms are multilinear functions on vector fields which satisfy certain properties analogous to determinants. They are used to define a notion of integration on manifolds.

Context

This concept has the prerequisites:

Goals

  • Define differential forms in terms of multilinear functions on a vector space
  • Show that differential forms can be represented in terms of determinants of submatrices
  • Define the wedge product of differential forms
  • Be able to manipulate the wedge product algebraically

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