-
covariant (called
covectors or 1-forms)
actually pull back
under smooth functions,
meaning that the
operation ****igning the
space of
covectors to a
smooth manifold...
-
represented as n × 1
matrices (column vectors),
while covectors are
represented as 1 × n
matrices (row
covectors). When
using the
column vector convention: "Upper...
- of a
covector field along a
vector field v is
again a
covector field. Once the
covariant derivative is
defined for
fields of
vectors and
covectors it can...
- ^{\sharp }.} In this extension, in
which ♭ maps p-vectors to p-
covectors and ♯ maps p-
covectors to p-vectors, all the
indices of a
totally antisymmetric tensor...
- ) ∗ {\displaystyle (\mathbb {R} ^{n})^{*}}
denotes the dual
space of
covectors,
linear functions v ∗ : R n → R {\displaystyle v^{*}:\mathbb {R} ^{n}\to...
- {\displaystyle \mathbb {R} ^{n}} are
represented by
column vectors, and that
covectors (linear maps R n → R {\displaystyle \mathbb {R} ^{n}\to \mathbb {R} }...
-
covariant vector. For a pair α and β of
covector fields,
define the
inverse metric applied to
these two
covectors by The
resulting definition, although...
- In
differential geometry, a one-form (or
covector field) on a
differentiable manifold is a
differential form of
degree one, that is, a
smooth section of...
-
texts the
roles are
reversed and
vectors are
defined as
linear maps from
covectors to
scalars For instance, f ( 1 + 1 ) = a + 2 r ≠ 2 a + 2 r = f ( 1 ) +...
- of a
tangent bundle T M {\displaystyle TM} —as "contravariant" and to "
covectors"—i.e., 1-forms,
elements of the
space of
sections Γ ( T ∗ M ) {\displaystyle...
