Codifferential

Quick meaning: Codifferential is a noun meaning (mathematics) The projected differential of an extensor field.

Meaning

(mathematics) The projected differential of an extensor field.

More Meanings

1. (differential geometry) the formal adjoint of the exterior derivative; a differential-geometric version of the divergence operator; the exterior derivative sandwiched between two Hodge star operators with some additional factor(s) that take(s) care of the sign; the Hermitian conjugate of the exterior derivative under the inner product for k-form fields over some manifold M: (α,β)=∫_Mα∧⋆β, so that (α,dβ)=(δα,β).

Example Sentences

One important concept is the introduction of codifferential operator

Word Forms

• codifferentials

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include differential, codifferentiation, subdifferential, diffeology, gradient, curvature.

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