De Rham cohomology
cosmos
13th November 2017 at 2:18pm
Cohomology
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The
p
p
p
th de Rham cohomology group of a manifold
M
M
M
is the
Quotient vector space
:
H
p
(
M
)
=
K
e
r
d
:
Ω
p
(
M
)
→
Ω
p
+
1
(
M
)
I
m
d
:
Ω
p
−
1
(
M
)
→
ω
p
(
M
)
H^p(M) = \frac{\text{Ker} \: d: \Omega^p(M) \to \Omega^{p+1}(M)}{\text{Im}\:d: \Omega^{p-1}(M) \to \omega^p(M)}
H
p
(
M
)
=
I
m
d
:
Ω
p
−
1
(
M
)
→
ω
p
(
M
)
K
e
r
d
:
Ω
p
(
M
)
→
Ω
p
+
1
(
M
)