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The purpose of connections in differential geometry [closed]
I am currently reading through differential geometry as a mathematics graduate.
Can somebody give me a brief explainer on the purpose of connections?
I could also use explainers on differential forms. ...
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Why non closed differential forms do not play important role for the topology of a manifold?
Cross-posted from MSE.
I know that De Rham cohomology reveal some properties of the topology of smooth manifolds by finding closed differential $k$-forms $\mathsf{d}\omega=0$ that are not exact $\...
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Finding a volume form on a fibre of a submersion between oriented manifolds
Let $f:X\to Y$ be a submersion between orientable smooth manifolds of respective dimensions $n,p$ and let $j:M=f^{-1}(y)\hookrightarrow X$ denote the inclusion of some fibre of $f$.
My naïve (I am ...
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Odd differential forms
In de Rham's classical book "Variétés Différentiables"
de Rham, Georges, Variétés différentiables. Formes, courants, formes harmoniques. 3e éd. revue et augmentée, Publications de l’Institut de ...
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Theorems similar to Tischler fibering theorem
Tischler theorem states that the existence of a nowhere vanishing closed $1$-form in a compact manifold $M$ implies that the manifold fibers over $S^1$. Do you know any other differential topology ...
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Computing relative cohomology class of differential form
When dealing with a top degree differential form $\mu$ in a manifold $M$, a way of "computing" its cohomology class is integrating it through the whole manifold. For instance, if the integral $ \int_M ...
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Closed $3$-manifold, $2$-dimensional subbundle of this manifold, is this form exact or not?
Let $M$ be a closed $3$-manifold, and let $\xi$ be a $2$-dimensional subbundle of $TM$. I know the following.
There is a nowhere zero $1$-form $\alpha$ on $M$ with $\alpha(X) = 0$ for any vector ...
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Restriction of a line bundle to a two-cycle
I am reading a paper on Chiral Differential Operators
http://arxiv.org/pdf/hep-th/0604179v3.pdf
and it says on page 23 that a line bundle over a manifold C can be characterized completely by its ...
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(n-1)-dimensional normal currents and Smirnov's paper
I don't know much about currents, but I saw a paper of Smirnov which seems relevant to a problem I am working on. In the very last paragraph of page 848 of the following paper
http://www.unige.ch/~...
