Foundations of a nonlinear distributional geometry

DOI10.1023/A:1014554315909MaRDI QIDQ1610249zbMATH OpenOpenAlexWikidataFDO

Authors Michael Kunzinger, Roland Steinbauer

Publication date 19 August 2002

Published in Acta Applicandae Mathematicae (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL https://arxiv.org/abs/math/0102019

zbMATH Keywords

algebras of generalized functionsColombeau algebrasdistributional geometrygeneralized sections of vector bundles

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Operations with distributions and generalized functions (46F10) Generalized functions for nonlinear analysis (Rosinger, Colombeau, nonstandard, etc.) (46F30) Distributions and generalized functions on nonlinear spaces (46T30)

Abstract: Co lombeau's construction of generalized functions (in its special variant) is extended to a theory of generalized sections of vector bundles. As particular cases, generalized tensor analysis and exterior algebra are studied. A point value characterization for generalized functions on manifolds is derived, several algebraic characterizations of spaces of generalized sections are established and consistency properties with respect to linear distributional geometry are derived. An application to nonsmooth mechanics indicates the additional flexibility offered by this approach compared to the purely distributional picture.

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