Geometric Hodge star operator with applications to the theorems of Gauss and Green

DOI10.1017/S0305004105008716zbMATH Open1092.58002arXivmath-ph/0411063OpenAlexW2041674701WikidataQ125921439 ScholiaQ125921439MaRDI QIDQ3373652FDOQ3373652

Authors: Jenny Harrison 

Publication date: 13 March 2006

Published in: Mathematical Proceedings of the Cambridge Philosophical Society (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: The classical divergence theorem for an $n$-dimensional domain $A$ and a smooth vector field $F$ in $n$-space ${\displaystyle }$int_{partial A} F cdot n = int_A div F${\displaystyle }$ requires that a normal vector field $n(p)$ be defined a.e. $pinpartialA$. In this paper we give a new proof and extension of this theorem by replacing $n$ with a limit $starpartialA$ of 1-dimensional polyhedral chains taken with respect to a norm. The operator $star$ is a geometric dual to the Hodge star operator and is defined on a large class of $k$-dimensional domains of integration $A$ in $n$-space the author calls {em chainlets}. Chainlets include a broad range of domains, from smooth manifolds to soap bubbles and fractals. We prove as our main result the Star theorem ${\displaystyle }$int_{star A} omega = (-1)^{k(n-k)}int_A star omega.${\displaystyle }$ When combined with the general Stokes' theorem for chainlet domains ${\displaystyle }$int_{partial A} omega = int_A d omega${\displaystyle }$ this result yields optimal and concise forms of Gauss' divergence theorem ${\displaystyle }$int_{star partial A}omega = (-1)^{(k-1)(n-k+1)} int_A dstar omega${\displaystyle }$ and Green's curl theorem ${\displaystyle }$int_{partial A} omega = int_{star A} star domega.${\displaystyle }$

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/math-ph/0411063

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zbMATH Keywords

Hodge star operatorchainlets

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Variational problems in a geometric measure-theoretic setting (49Q20) Differential forms in global analysis (58A10) Hodge theory in global analysis (58A14) Currents in global analysis (58A25)

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