Natural operations on differential forms

DOI10.1016/J.DIFGEO.2014.12.003zbMATH Open1331.58009arXiv1412.0840OpenAlexW2963441210WikidataQ57497699 ScholiaQ57497699MaRDI QIDQ2255149FDOQ2255149

Authors: J. Navarro, J. B. Sancho 

Publication date: 6 February 2015

Published in: Differential Geometry and its Applications (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: We prove that the only natural operations between differential forms are those obtained using linear combinations, the exterior product and the exterior differential. Our result generalises work by Palais and Freed-Hopkins. As an application, we also deduce a theorem, originally due to Kolar, that determines those natural differential forms that can be associated to a connection on a principal bundle.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/1412.0840

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zbMATH Keywords

Chern-Weil formsnatural operations

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Connections (general theory) (53C05) Differential forms in global analysis (58A10) Natural bundles (58A32)

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