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Differential Forms

Why is it interesting?

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).

http://jakobschwichtenberg.com/vectors-forms-p-vectors-p-forms-and-tensors/

‘Hamiltonian mechanics cannot be understood without differential forms’

Mathematical methods of classical mechanics by Wladimir Igorewitsch Arnold, p. 163

Layman?

Explanations in this section should contain no formulas, but instead colloquial things like you would hear them during a coffee break or at a cocktail party.

Student

http://jakobschwichtenberg.com/vectors-forms-p-vectors-p-forms-and-tensors/

One of the best introductions can be found in “Geometrical methods of mathematical physics” by Bernard F. Schutz

Researcher

The motto in this section is: the higher the level of abstraction, the better.
Common Question 1
Common Question 2

Examples

Example1
Example2:

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