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Monday, May 6, 2024

Chain complex

 A cochain complex C is a collection of vector spaces CkkZ together with sequence of linear maps dk:CkCk+1
C1d1C0d0C1d1C2d2
with
dkdk1=0
dk are collection of linear maps known as ``differentials'' of the cochain complex.
One relevant example of Cochain complex is the vector space Ω(M) of differential forms on Manifold together with exterior derivative.
Ω1(M)d1Ω0(M)d0Ω1(M)d1Ω2(M)d2,dd=0
Above cochain complex is known as deRahm complex.

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