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A new field of discrete differential geometry is presently emerging on the border between differential and discrete geometry. Whereas classical differential geometry investigates smooth geometric shapes (such as surfaces), and discrete…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2009-11-19 Alexander I. Bobenko , Yuri B. Suris

This paper describes how to define and work with differential equations in the abstract setting of tangent categories. The key notion is that of a curve object which is, for differential geometry, the structural analogue of a natural number…

Category Theory · Mathematics 2021-02-10 J. R. B. Cockett , G. S. H. Cruttwell , J. -S. P. Lemay

Generalizing differential geometry of smooth vector bundles formulated in algebraic terms of the ring of smooth functions, its derivations and the Koszul connection, one can define differential operators, differential calculus and…

Mathematical Physics · Physics 2009-10-28 G. Sardanashvily

The closure conditions of the inexact exterior differential form and dual form (an equality to zero of differentials of these forms) can be treated as a definition of some differential-geometrical structure. Such a connection discloses the…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2016-09-07 L. I. Petrova

The conditions under which a given manifold $M$ may be given a tangent bundle or a cotangent bundle structure are analyzed. This is an important property arising in different contexts. For instance, in the study of integrability of a given…

Mathematical Physics · Physics 2026-01-26 José F. Cariñena , Jesús Clemente-Gallardo , Giuseppe Marmo

In this survey, symmetry provides a framework for classification of manifolds with differential-geometric structures. We highlight pseudo-Riemannian metrics, conformal structures, and projective structures. A range of techniques have been…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2020-09-30 Karin Melnick

In this paper, we present a review of the canonical structure of field theories defined on manifolds with time-like boundaries. The notion of differentiable generator is shown to be a requirement coming from the consistency of the…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2015-07-01 Cedric Troessaert

We introduce a geometric construction of a gauge field theory of a complex adaptive system. It is based on a suitable simplicial formulation of a discrete geometry that manifests relevant properties valid in the classical differentiable…

Mathematical Physics · Physics 2025-09-03 Gueorgui M. Mihaylov , Sergio L. Cacciatori

In this paper it is shown that the structure of the configuration space of any continua is what is called in differential geometry a {\it principle bundle} \cite{Frankel2011ThePhysics}. A principal bundle is a structure in which all points…

Fluid Dynamics · Physics 2022-10-24 Stefano Stramigioli

This article is concerned with causal structures, which are defined as a field of tangentially non-degenerate projective hypersurfaces in the projectivized tangent bundle of a manifold. The local equivalence problem of causal structures on…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2018-08-07 Omid Makhmali

In General Relativity a space-time $M$ is regarded singular if there is an obstacle that prevents an incomplete curve in $M$ to be continued. Usually, such a space-time is completed to form $\bar{M} = M \cup \partial M$ where $\partial M$…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2017-11-27 Michael Heller , Jerzy Król

In this paper we explore algebraic and geometric structures that arise on parallelizable manifolds. Given a parallelizable manifold $\mathbb{L}$, there exists a global trivialization of the tangent bundle, which defines a map…

Rings and Algebras · Mathematics 2024-03-22 Sergey Grigorian

This is the second in a series of papers laying the foundations for a differential graded approach to derived differential geometry (and other geometries in characteristic zero). In this paper, we extend the classical notion of a dg-algebra…

Algebraic Geometry · Mathematics 2012-12-18 David Carchedi , Dmitry Roytenberg

The thesis presents the subject of synthetic topology, especially with relation to metric spaces. A model of synthetic topology is a categorical model in which objects possess an intrinsic topology in a suitable sense, and all morphisms are…

General Topology · Mathematics 2021-04-22 Davorin Lešnik

This paper studies the infinitesimal structure of Carnot manifolds. By a Carnot manifold we mean a manifold together with a subbundle filtration of its tangent bundle which is compatible with the Lie bracket of vector fields. We introduce a…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2019-02-12 Woocheol Choi , Raphael Ponge

Groupoids provide a more appropriate framework for differential geometry than principal bundles. Synthetic differential geometry is the avant-garde branch of differential geometry, in which nilpotent infinitesimals are available in…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2007-05-23 Hirokazu Nishimura

These notes are designed for those who either plan to work in differential geometry, or at least want to have a good reason not to do it. We discuss smooth curves and surfaces -- the main gate to differential geometry. We focus on the…

History and Overview · Mathematics 2026-01-05 Anton Petrunin , Sergio Zamora Barrera

A constructive approach to differential calculus on quantum principal bundles is presented. The calculus on the bundle is built in an intrinsic manner, starting from given graded (differential) *-algebras representing horizontal forms on…

q-alg · Mathematics 2008-02-03 Mico Durdevic

This paper is a documentation of author's reseach, focusing on the topic Grassmann Algebra spanning over July, August 2025 under mentorship provided by DRP Turkiye 2025. Grassmann algebra is a fundamental structure in mathematics with…

Rings and Algebras · Mathematics 2026-03-11 Mithat Konuralp Demir

The present text is a collection of notes about differential geometry prepared to some extent as part of tutorials about topics and applications related to tensor calculus. They can be regarded as continuation to the previous notes on…

History and Overview · Mathematics 2016-09-12 Taha Sochi