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differential forms

differential forms is the plural of differential form.

Meaning of differential form

Noun

differential form (plural differential forms)

  1. (sometimes, differential geometry) A completely antisymmetric tensor (of order p) that is defined on a Riemannian manifold; an expression, derived by applying a formalism to said tensor, that represents an integrand over the manifold.
    • The notion of differential form combines the concepts of multilinear form (itself an extension of linear form) and smooth function.

Questions about differential forms

What is differential forms the plural of?
Differential forms is the plural of differential form.

Words near differential forms in the dictionary

  1. differential diagnoses
  2. differential diagnosis
  3. differential equation
  4. differential equations
  5. differential form
  6. differential forms
  7. differential gear
  8. differential gears
  9. differential geometries
  10. differential geometry
  11. differential grasshopper

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