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Diffeology explores $k$-forms and bundles with more information than traditional differential forms.

In this note we prove that any integral closed k-form $φ^k$, $k\ge 3$, on a m-dimensional manifold $M^m$, $m \ge k$, is the restriction of a universal closed k-form $h^k$ on a universal manifold $U^{d(m,k)}$ as a result of an embedding of $M^m$ to $U^{d(m,k)}$.

In this work, we extend existing well-posedness by noise results for the stochastic transport and continuity equations by treating them as special cases of the linear advection equation of $k$-forms, which arises naturally in geometric fluid dynamics. In particular, we prove the existence and uniqueness of weak $L^p$-s…

We study left-invariant Killing $k$-forms on simply connected $2$-step nilpotent Lie groups endowed with a left-invariant Riemannian metric. For $k=2,3$, we show that every left-invariant Killing $k$-form is a sum of Killing forms on the factors of the de Rham decomposition. Moreover, on each irreducible factor, non-ze…

We assume a vector bundle $p: E\to M$ with a general linear connection $K$ and a classical linear connection $\Lam$ on $M$. We prove that all classical linear connections on the total space $E$ naturally given by $(\Lam, K)$ form a 15-parameter family. Further we prove that all connections on $J^1 E$ naturally given by…

We give the definition of a duality that is applicable to arbitrary $k$-forms. The operator that defines the duality depends on a fixed form $Ω$. Our definition extends in a very natural way the Hodge duality of $n$-forms in $2n$ dimensional spaces and the generalized duality of two-forms. We discuss the properties of …

The study extends $L^p$-spectrum analysis to warped products and Kleinian groups.

In this paper we survey methods and results of classification of $k$-forms (resp. $k$-vectors on ${\bf R}^n$), understood as description of the orbit space of the standard ${\bf GL}(n, {\bf R})$-action on $Λ^k {\bf R}^{n*}$ (resp. on $Λ^k {\bf R}^n$). We discuss the existence of related geometry defined by differential…

We investigate monotonicity properties of $p$-harmonic vector bundle-valued $k$-forms by studying the energy-momentum tensor associated with such a form. As a consequence, we obtain a unified proof of the monotonicity formulæ for $p$-harmonic maps and Yang-Mills connections, proving a monotonicity formula for $p$-Yang-…

Decomposes harmonic forms on almost Kähler manifolds, revealing non-trivial structure.

Let $M\subset{\complex}^n$ be a complex domain of ${\complex}^n$ endowed with a rotation invariant \K form $ω_Φ= \frac{i}{2} \partial\bar\partialΦ$. In this paper we describe sufficient conditions on the \K potential $Φ$ for $(M, ω_Φ)$ to admit a symplectic embedding (explicitely described in terms of $Φ$) into a compl…

It has long been known that differential forms on complex manifolds can be decomposed under the action of the complex structure to give the Dolbeault complex. This paper presents an analogous double complex for quaternionic manifolds using the fact that the cotangent space is isomorphic to a quaternionic vector space. …

In this article we prove a generalization of Weyl's criterion for the spectrum of a self-adjoint nonnegative operator on a Hilbert space. We will apply this new criterion in combination with Cheeger-Fukaya-Gromov and Cheeger-Colding theory to study the $k$-form essential spectrum over a complete manifold with vanishing…

The study examines spectral properties of the Laplacian on forms for open Riemannian manifolds.

We consider open manifolds which are interiors of a compact manifold with boundary, and Riemannian metrics asymptotic to a conformally cylindrical metric near the boundary. We show that the essential spectrum of the Laplace operator on functions vanishes under the presence of a magnetic field which does not define an i…

In this article we prove that the spectrum of the Laplacian on $k$-forms over a noncompact flat manifold is always a connected closed interval of the nonnegative real line. The proof is based on a detailed decomposition of the structure of flat manifolds.

We show that the eigenspaces of the Laplacian $Δ_k$ on $k$-forms on a compact Kähler manifold carry Hodge and Lefschetz decompositions. Among other consequences, we show that the positive part of the spectrum of $Δ_k$ lies in the spectrum of $Δ_{k+1}$.

Integrates rough geometric forms on manifolds.

We prove $R$-bisectoriality and boundedness of the $H^\infty$-functional calculus in $L^p$ for all $1<p<\infty$ for the Hodge-Dirac operator associated with Witten Laplacians on complete Riemannian manifolds with non-negative Bakry-Emery Ricci curvature on $k$-forms.

We give explicit formulas for all odd order differential intertwinors on the subbundle of the bundle of spinor-$k$-forms that are annihilated by the Clifford multiplication over the odd dimensional standard sphere. The Dirac and Rarita-Schwinger operators appear in the case of $k=0$ and $k=1$, respectively.

The study computes invariants of satellite knots using bordered Floer homology.

Essential spectrum of differential forms on curved manifolds is connected.

The Hodge decomposition is well-known for compact manifolds. The result has been extended by Kodaira to include non-compact manifolds and $L^2$ forms. We further extend the Hodge decomposition to the Sobolev space $H^1$ for general $k$-forms on non-compact manifolds of nonpositive constant sectional curvature. As a res…

Affine structures on a Lie groupoid, including affine $k$-vector fields, $k$-forms and $(p,q)$-tensors are studied. We show that the space of affine structures is a 2-vector space over the space of multiplicative structures. Moreover, the space of affine multivector fields has a natural graded strict Lie 2-algebra stru…

The paper proves conditions for the triviality of $L^2$-harmonic forms on Riemannian manifolds.

Characterizes Whitney forms on simplices and proves their uniqueness.

Let M be a manifold, possibly with boundary. We show that the deRham differential from k-forms to exact (k+1)-forms has a continuous right inverse when both spaces are given the weak Whitney topology. This antidifferential operator is given a fairly explicit formula depending on the choice of a suitable good cover of M…

For bicovariant differential calculi on quantum matrix groups a generalisation of classical notions such as metric tensor, Hodge operator, codifferential and Laplace-Beltrami operator for arbitrary k-forms is given. Under some technical assumptions it is proved that Woronowicz' external algebra of left-invariant differ…

Motivated by Demailly's strategy towards the Kobayashi hyperbolicity conjecture, we study the action on the k-jets of germs of holomorphic discs in a complex manifold X of the reparametrization group of k-jets of germs of biholomorphisms of the source. This reparametrization group is a subgroup of the general linear gr…

New PDEs for $k$-harmonic maps link to calibrated fibrations.

Paper proves existence of Hadamard states for Maxwell equations.

Differential forms on the Fréchet manifold F(S,M) of smooth functions on a compact k-dimensional manifold S can be obtained in a natural way from pairs of differential forms on M and S by the hat pairing. Special cases are the transgression map associating (p-k)-forms on F(S,M) to p-forms on M (hat pairing with a const…

New proof of chain duality for simplicial complexes.

Let $Φ$ be a strictly plurisubharmonic and radial function on the unit disk ${\cal D}\subset {\complex}$ and let $g$ be the \K metric associated to the \K form $ω=\frac{i}{2}\partial\bar\partialΦ$. We prove that if $g$ is $g_{eucl}$-balanced of height 3 (where $g_{eucl}$ is the standard Euclidean metric on ${\complex}=…

We construct a conformally invariant vector bundle connection such that its equation of parallel transport is a first order system that gives a prolongation of the conformal Killing equation on differential forms. Parallel sections of this connection are related bijectively to solutions of the conformal Killing equatio…

Let Θ(M,K) denote the 2-loop piece of (the logarithm of) the LMO invariant of a knot K in M, a ZHS^3. Forgetting the knot (by which we mean setting diagrams with legs to zero) specialises Θ(M,K) to λ(M), Casson's invariant. This note describes an extension of Casson's surgery formula for his invariant to Θ(M,K). To be …

Characterizes when differential forms have weak exterior derivatives based on limiting behavior of integration over simplices.

Let $A$ be a commutative Banach algebra. Let $M$ be a complex manifold on $A$ (an $A$-manifold). Then, we define an $A$-holomorphic vector bundle $(\wedge^kT^*)(M)$ on $M$. For an open set $U$ of $M$, $ω$ is said to be an $A$-holomorphic differential $k$-form on $U$, if $ω$ is an $A$-holomorphic section of $(\wedge^kT^…

Analyzes $L^{2}$-harmonic forms on curved manifolds, proving integrability conditions.

We give estimates for the eigenvalues of multi-form modified Dirac operators which are constructed from a standard Dirac operator with the addition of a Clifford algebra element associated to a multi-degree form. In particular such estimates are presented for modified Dirac operators with a $k$-degree form $0\leq k\leq…

Study the boundary operator property on simplicial complexes, proving essential properties for Hodge theory.

We construct a C-space associated with every closed 3-form on a spacetime $M$ and show that it depends on the class of the form in $H^3(M, Z)$. We also demonstrate that C-spaces have a relation to generalized geometry and to gerbes. C-spaces are constructed after introducing additional coordinates at the open sets and …

New finite element method for complex forms in any dimension.

Survey revisits vector calculus results using exterior derivative and provides a new formulation of Stokes' theorem.

In this paper, we present two kinds of total Chern forms $c(E,G)$ and $\mathcal{C}(E,G)$ as well as a total Segre form $s(E,G)$ of a holomorphic Finsler vector bundle $π:(E,G)\to M$ expressed by the Finsler metric $G$, which answers a question of J. Faran (\cite{Faran}) to some extent. As some applications, we show tha…

In a companion paper, we introduced a notion of multi-Dirac structures, a graded version of Dirac structures, and we discussed their relevance for classical field theories. In the current paper we focus on the geometry of multi-Dirac structures. After recalling the basic definitions, we introduce a graded multiplicatio…

Unified construction of compactifications using Grassmannian geometry.

Unified framework for observables in n-plectic geometry.