Tensor fields of mixed Young symmetry type and \(N\)-complexes (Q1598131)

A generalization of the calculus of differential forms to higher Young symmetries of tensors is developed such that differential forms emerge as the special case \(N=2\). Motivated by the study of the complex underlying gauge theories and general relativity a generalization of the differential operators involved in this cohomology is established. A certain family of Young diagrams and strong inclusion allow to construct from a linear flat torsion less connection a differential operator satisfying \(d^N=0\). The main result of the paper is a generalized Poincaré lemma for this setting. A series of lemmas is established to provide the machinery for the proof. Several results which appeared in various contexts are subsummarized by this result. Further parts of the work deal with the multicomplex associated with the introduced differentials.