Skip to content

Generalized forms and vector fields

Saikat Chatterjee, Amitabha Lahiri, Partha Guha

math-pharXiv:math-ph/0604060

Abstract

The generalized vector is defined on an n dimensional manifold. Interior product, Lie derivative acting on generalized p-forms, -1 p n are introduced. Generalized commutator of two generalized vectors are defined. Adding a correction term to Cartan's formula the generalized Lie derivative's action on a generalized vector field is defined. We explore various identities of the generalized Lie derivative with respect to generalized vector fields, and discuss an application.

Create a lesson