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Helmholtz-Hodge Theorems: Unification of Integration and Decomposition Perspectives

General Mathematics 2014-12-02 v2

Abstract

We develop a Helmholtz-like theorem for differential forms in Euclidean space EnE_{n} using a uniqueness theorem similar to the one for vector fields. We then apply it to Riemannian manifolds, RnR_{n}, which, by virtue of the Schlaefli-Janet-Cartan theorem of embedding, are here considered as hypersurfaces in ENE_{N} with Nn(n+1)/2N\geq n(n+1)/2. We obtain a Hodge decomposition theorem that includes and goes beyond the original one, since it specifies the terms of the decomposition. We then view the same issue from a perspective of integrability of the system (dα=μ,d\alpha =\mu , δα=ν\delta \alpha =\nu ), relating boundary conditions to solutions of (dα=0,d\alpha =0, δα=0\delta \alpha =0), [δ\delta is what goes by the names of divergence and co-derivative, inappropriate for the Kaehler calculus, with which we obtained the foregoing).

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@article{arxiv.1405.2375,
  title  = {Helmholtz-Hodge Theorems: Unification of Integration and Decomposition Perspectives},
  author = {Jose G. Vargas},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1405.2375},
  year   = {2014}
}

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I am following your instructions and modifying a previous submission rather than submitting a new paper with overlapping cntents