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Changing the set of independent variables of Poincare gauge theory and considering, in a manner similar to the second order formalism of general relativity, the Riemannian part of the Lorentz connection as function of the tetrad field, we…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2008-11-26 M. Leclerc

We compute (algebraically) the Euler characteristic of a complex of sheaves with constructible cohomology. A stratified Poincar\'e-Hopf formula is then a consequence of the smooth Poincar\'e-Hopf theorem and of additivity of the…

Algebraic Topology · Mathematics 2009-05-29 Stéphane Simon

A new cohomology, induced by a vector field, is defined on pairs of differential forms ($1$--differentiable forms) in a manifold. It is proved a link with the classical de Rham cohomology and an $1$-differentable cohomology of Lichnerowicz…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2014-06-24 Mircea Crasmareanu , Cristian Ida , Paul Popescu

In this paper we consider second-order field theories in a variational setting. From the variational principle the Euler-Lagrange equations follow in an unambiguous way, but it is well known that this is not true for the Cartan form. This…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2018-09-27 Markus Schöberl , Kurt Schlacher

It is proved that the set of geodesic circles in two dimensions may be given a variational description and the explicit form of it is presented. In the limit case of the Euclidean geometry a certain claim of uniqueness of such description…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2018-02-13 Roman Matsyuk

We introduce a de Rham-Hodge framework induced by a vector field on a compact, oriented smooth manifold. By utilizing a vector field induced isomorphism on differential forms, we define a vector field induced Hodge $L^2$-inner product,…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2026-05-18 Zhe Su

The sphere formula states that in an arbitrary finite abstract simplicial complex, the sum of the Euler characteristic of unit spheres centered at even-dimensional simplices is equal to the sum of the Euler characteristic of unit spheres…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2023-01-18 Oliver Knill

We present a proof given by Euler in his paper {\it ``De serierum determinatione seu nova methodus inveniendi terminos generales serierum"} \cite{E189} (E189:``On the determination of series or a new method of finding the general terms of…

History and Overview · Mathematics 2023-09-01 Alexander Aycock

In our previous paper entitled "Axiomatic differential geometry -towards model categories of differential geometry-, we have given a category-theoretic framework of differential geometry. As the first part of our series of papers concerned…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2012-11-02 Hirokazu Nishimura

The multisymplectic formalism of field theories developed by many mathematicians over the last fifty years is extended in this work to deal with manifolds that have boundaries. In particular, we develop a multisymplectic framework for first…

Mathematical Physics · Physics 2016-05-10 Alberto Ibort , Amelia Spivak

Double field theory was developed by theoretical physicists as a way to encompass $T$-duality. In this paper, we express the basic notions of the theory in differential-geometric invariant terms, in the framework of para-Kaehler manifolds.…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2015-06-04 Izu Vaisman

We give a construction of the abelian Chern-Simons gauge theory from the point of view of a 2+1 dimensional topological quantum field theory. The definition of the quantum theory relies on geometric quantization ideas which have been…

dg-ga · Mathematics 2010-11-19 Mihaela Manoliu

We observe that linear relations among Chern-Mather classes of projective varieties are preserved by projective duality. We deduce the existence of an explicit involution on a part of the Chow group of projective space, encoding the effect…

Algebraic Geometry · Mathematics 2018-01-25 Paolo Aluffi

A Poincar\'e-Hopf Theorem for line fields with point singularities on orientable surfaces can be found Hopf's 1956 Lecture Notes on Differential Geometry. In 1955 Markus presented such a theorem in all dimensions, but Markus' statement only…

Algebraic Topology · Mathematics 2017-04-26 Diarmuid Crowley , Mark Grant

The arXiv:2105.09738 claims several stuffs. In particular, we recall the following two. (1) Vector fields and differential forms become a Lie superalgebra structure for each manifold. (2) For an n-dimensional Euclidean space, vector fields…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2025-09-08 Kentaro Mikami , Tadayoshi Mizutani

We define a Weil-\'etale complex with compact support for duals (in the sense of the Bloch dualizing cycles complex $\mathbb{Z}^c$) of a large class of $\mathbb{Z}$-constructible sheaves on an integral $1$-dimensional proper arithmetic…

Number Theory · Mathematics 2024-11-13 Adrien Morin

The notion of the orbifold Euler characteristic came from physics at the end of 80's. There were defined higher order versions of the orbifold Euler characteristic and generalized ("motivic") versions of them. In a previous paper the…

Algebraic Geometry · Mathematics 2019-06-06 S. M. Gusein-Zade , I. Luengo , A. Melle-Hernández

In the town of Saratov where he was prisonner, Poncelet, continuing the work of Euler and Steiner on polygons simultaneously inscribed in a circle and circumscribed around an other circle, proved the following generalization : "Let C and D…

Algebraic Geometry · Mathematics 2012-02-02 Jean Vallès

Using a covariant description of the geometry of deformations for extendons, it is shown that the topological corrections for the string action associated with the Euler characteristic and the first Chern number of the normal bundle of the…

Mathematical Physics · Physics 2009-11-10 R. Cartas-Fuentevilla

We prove that the Euler form of a metric connection on real oriented vector bundle $E$ over a compact oriented manifold $M$ can be identified, as a current, with the expectation of the random current defined by the zero-locus of a certain…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2016-01-19 Liviu I. Nicolaescu , Nikhil Savale