In this paper we develop several algebraic structures on the simplicial cochains of a triangulated manifold that are analogues of objects in differential geometry. We study a cochain product and prove several statements about its convergence to the wedge product on differential forms. Also, for cochains with an inner product, we define a combinatorial Hodge star operator, and describe some appl...

We define signed dual volumes at all dimensions for circumcentric dual meshes. We show that for pairwise Delaunay triangulations with mild boundary assumptions these signed dual volumes are positive. This allows the use of such Delaunay meshes for Discrete Exterior Calculus (DEC) because the discrete Hodge star operator can now be correctly defined for such meshes. This operator is crucial for ...

Algebraic computations in differential geometry have usually a strong “analytic” side, and symbolic formula crunching is heavily used, even if at the end, the user needs only numbers, or graphic visualization. We show how to implement in a simple way the domain of differential forms with the p-vector algebra, Hodge “star” operator, and the differentiation. There is no explicit symbolic manipula...

In this paper, we prove that the Hodge-Laplace operator on strongly pseudoconvex compact complex Finsler manifolds is a self-adjoint elliptic operator. Then, from the decomposition theorem for self-adjoint elliptic operators, we obtain a Hodge decomposition theorem on strongly pseudoconvex compact complex Finsler manifolds. M.S.C. 2010: 53C56, 32Q99.

Discrete exterior calculus (DEC) offers a coordinate-free discretization of exterior calculus especially suited for computations on curved spaces. We present an extended version of DEC on surface meshes formed by general polygons that bypasses the construction of any dual mesh and the need for combinatorial subdivisions. At its core, our approach introduces a polygonal wedge product that is com...

1. Integration on manifolds. 1 2. The extension of the Levi-Civita connection. 4 3. Covariant derivatives. 7 4. The Laplace operator. 9 5. Self-adjoint extension of the Laplace operator. 11 6. The Poincaré Lemma. 13 7. de Rham Theorem. 14 8. Formal Hodge Theorem. 16 9. The Hodge theorem. 17 10. Proof of the Hodge Theorem. 17 11. More about elliptic regularity. 22 12. Semigroups and their genera...

A new framework for studying superspace is given, based on methods from Clifford analysis. This leads to the introduction of both orthogonal and symplectic Clifford algebra generators, allowing for an easy and canonical introduction of a super-Dirac operator, a super-Laplace operator and the like. This framework is then used to define a super-Hodge coderivative, which, together with the exterio...

In four dimensions, two metrics that are conformally related define the same Hodge dual operator on the space of two-forms. The converse, namely, that two metrics that have the same Hodge dual are conformally related, is established. This is true for metrics of arbitrary (nondegenerate) signature. For Euclidean signature a stronger result, namely, that the conformal class of the metric is compl...

which is a symplectic analog of the well-known de Rham–Hodge ∗operator on oriented Riemannian manifolds: one should use the symplectic form instead of the Riemannian metric. Going further, one can define operator δ = ± ∗ d∗, δ = 0. The form α is called symplectically harmonic if dα = 0 = δα. However, unlike de Rham–Hodge case, there exist simplectically harmonic forms which are exact. Because o...