The algebra of piecewise differentiable currents on smooth manifolds (Q1177879)

The author constructs a natural graded differential algebra containing the piecewise differentiable currents as a subcomplex and show that the inclusion of the complex of de Rham forms induces monomorphism in homology. This paper is dedicated to the problem of defining, studying, exploiting products of distributions and currents and considering combinatorial Riemannian metrics on smooth manifolds. The de Rham complex of currents generated by smooth forms and chains is a subcomplex of the complex of piecewise differentiable currents.