The Exterior Derivative - A direct approach
General Mathematics
2018-08-30 v1
Abstract
In this note we provide a direct approach to the most basic operator in this theory namely the exterior derivative. The crucial ingredient is a calculus lemma based on determinants. We maintain the view that in a first course at least this direct approach is preferable to the more abstract one based on characterization of the exterior derivative in terms of its properties.
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@article{arxiv.1808.09627,
title = {The Exterior Derivative - A direct approach},
author = {Gopala Krishna Srinivasan},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1808.09627},
year = {2018}
}