On a correspondence principle between discrete differential forms, graph structure and multi-vector calculus on symmetric lattices

Abstract

Based on \cite{DH94}, we introduce a bijective correspondence between first order differential calculi and the graph structure of the symmetric lattice that allows one to encode completely the interconnection structure of the graph in the exterior derivative. As a result, we obtain the Grassmannian character of the lattice as well as the mutual commutativity between basic vector-fields on the tangent space. This in turn gives several similarities between the Clifford setting and the algebra of endomorphisms endowed by the graph structure, such as the hermitian structure of the lattice as well as the Clifford-like algebra of operators acting on the lattice. This naturally leads to a discrete version of Clifford Analysis.