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P-forms are important, because they are exactly the objects that we need if we want to talk about areas and volumes (and higher dimensional analogues). | P-forms are important, because they are exactly the objects that we need if we want to talk about areas and volumes (and higher dimensional analogues). | ||
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<cite>http://jakobschwichtenberg.com/vectors-forms-p-vectors-p-forms-and-tensors/</cite> | <cite>http://jakobschwichtenberg.com/vectors-forms-p-vectors-p-forms-and-tensors/</cite> | ||
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- | ‘Hamiltonian mechanicscannot be understood without differential forms’ | + | ‘Hamiltonian mechanics cannot be understood without differential forms’. |
<cite>Mathematical methods of classical mechanics by Wladimir Igorewitsch Arnold, p. 163</cite> | <cite>Mathematical methods of classical mechanics by Wladimir Igorewitsch Arnold, p. 163</cite> | ||
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