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Does Stokes theorem have anything to do with adjoint functors?
I notice some similarity between Stokes theorem in differential geometry and the definition of adjoint functors:
in both cases, there is a 2-placed function (the $\operatorname{hom}$ functor, or the ...
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Is there a Hodge isomorphism theorem for part-tangential, part-normal, harmonic differential forms?
Let $M$ be an oriented compact Riemannian $n$-manifold with boundary $\partial M$. A differential $p$-form $\omega$ on $M$ is normal if $i^* \omega = 0$ holds, tangential if $i^* \star \omega = 0$ ...
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Geometric theory for cohomology groups $H^p(M;\mathbb{Z})$
An excerpt from the book Loop Spaces, Characteristic Classes and Geometric Quantization by Jean-Luc Brylinski is mentioned below:
Characteristic classes are certain cohomology classes associated
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Algebraic de Rham cohomology with torus coefficients
Let $X$ be a smooth projective variety over $\mathbb{C}.$
On page 3 in this preprint of Simpson, it is stated that
Notice first of all that the algebraic de Rham theory is not going to work well in ...
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Generalized de Rham cohomology on product bundle giving specified cohomology
Given a compact, smooth manifold $M$ and a real vector bundle $E \to M$ (in general not flat). There already have been numerous questions about how to equip the space $\bigoplus_k \Gamma(\Lambda^k T^* ...
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L^1 gradient bounds for potentials of weakly closed forms
Context: The Poincaré-lemma is a central statement in differential geometry. It shows that a k-form is closed iff it is exact. A special case is as follows:
Let $\omega\in\Omega^k(U)$ with
$\omega=\...
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Monodromy group action on de Rham cohomology
Let $f : Y \longrightarrow X := \mathbb{P}^1\setminus\{0,1,\infty\}$ be the smooth proper morphism associated to the Legendre family, which is an elliptic fibration of the punctured line, with fibre ...
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Interpreting the Higher-order Hodge-Laplace Operator
As an operator on functions, one intuitive way to think about the Laplacian seems to be as an operator that returns the average difference between a function's value at a point and the values of its ...
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When are automorphisms of the cohomology ring realized by isometries?
Let $(M,g)$ be a closed smooth Riemannian manifold, and denote by $G$ a closed subgroup of its isometry group. By considering the maps $g^*$ induced by elements $g\in G$ in the (de Rham) cohomology $H^...
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Suppose that two cohomologous forms agree on every restriction. Do they agree?
Let $\eta$, $\omega$ be two $(1,1)$-forms on $\mathbb{C}^m \times Y$, where $Y$ is a compact Kahler manifold with vanishing first Chern class, i.e., a Calabi-Yau manifold. Suppose that for all $z \in \...
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What is known about this type of generalisation of de Rham cohomology?
I will describe a certain generalisation of de Rham cohomology; things could be generalised further but I will stick to a concrete example. A $0$-double-form is a function on the complex plane $\...
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Projection to trivial reduced cohomology class in $L^2(\mathbb{R})$
Given that I have had no success on the mathematics stackexchange (see here), I've decided to try my luck here.
I am attempting to solve the following exercise (original formulation here), which to my ...
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Existence of covering space with trivial pullback map on $H^1$
I have seen somewhere the following claim (but can't remember where): let $M$ be a connected orientable closed smooth manifold with $b_1(M)=1$, then there exists a connected covering space $p:\tilde{M}...
