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Free potential functions

Functional Analysis 2022-10-31 v2

Abstract

This article establishes free versions of two classical theorems: derivatives are curl-free and every curl-free vector field (on a simply connected domain) is a derivative. We show that the derivative of a noncommutative free analytic map must be free-curl free -- an analog of having zero curl. Moreover, under the assumption that the free domain is connected, this necessary condition is sufficient. Specifically, if TT is analytic free vector field defined on a connected free domain then DT(X,H)[K,0]=DT(X,K)[H,0]DT(X,H)[K,0] = DT(X,K)[H,0] if and only if there exists an analytic free map ff such that Df(X)[H]=T(X,H)Df(X)[H] = T(X,H).

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@article{arxiv.2005.01850,
  title  = {Free potential functions},
  author = {Meric L. Augat},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2005.01850},
  year   = {2022}
}

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