Closed smooth differential forms #
Closedness is the vanishing of the generic manifold exterior derivative of a smooth form. This
module also characterizes it by vanishing of the exterior derivatives of the chart expressions
(and hence of ordinary extDeriv on the interior of any chart target,
TauCeti.SmoothForm.IsClosed.extDeriv_inChartAt_eq_zero).
It also restates closedness through the bundled derivative mextDerivₗ and shows that
exterior derivatives are closed.
The degree-two specialization in TwoForm.Closed supplies a constant-form convenience theorem.
Since pullback commutes with the exterior derivative, smooth pullback sends closed forms to closed
forms (TauCeti.SmoothForm.IsClosed.mpullback).
The predicate and its generic API live here so they can be reused at every degree.
A smooth form is closed when the generic manifold exterior derivative vanishes.
Instances For
Closedness is exactly the vanishing of the manifold exterior derivative.
On a manifold of finite dimension at most k, every smooth k-form is closed, since there are
no nonzero (k + 1)-forms. In particular, top-degree forms are closed.
Closedness can equivalently be checked pointwise on the exterior derivative.
The zero smooth form is closed.
The sum of two closed smooth forms is closed.
A scalar multiple of a closed smooth form is closed, for any scalars acting continuously on
the coefficients and commuting with the real action (for instance ℝ, or ℂ on complex-valued
forms).
The negative of a closed smooth form is closed.
The difference of two closed smooth forms is closed.
Constant forms on a model space are closed.
The coordinate one-form dz of the real line is closed.
The statements below assume a C² manifold; the C¹ structure that SmoothForm and
IsClosed ask for is derived from it.
Closedness is equivalent to vanishing of the exterior derivative of every chart expression within the model range, at every point of the chart target.
For a closed smooth form on a C² manifold, the ordinary flat exterior derivative extDeriv
of its coordinate expression in any preferred chart vanishes on the interior of the chart
target.
Closedness is the vanishing of the bundled exterior derivative.
The exterior derivative of a smooth form is closed.
The smooth pullback of a closed form is closed.
Along a surjective smooth map whose derivatives are all surjective, a smooth form is closed exactly when its pullback is.