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    Exterior Derivative

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    The exterior derivative of a function f is the one-form d f = sum_i (df)/(dx_i) d x_i written in a coordinate chart (x_1, ..., x_n). Thinking of a function as a zero-form, the exterior derivative extends linearly to all differential k-forms using the formula d(α⋀β) = d α⋀β + (-1)^k α⋀d β, when α is a k-form and where ⋀ is the wedge product. The exterior derivative of a k-form is a (k + 1)-form.

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