I can also recommend Harley Flander's book on Differential Forms ... tom
On Jul 14, 2010, at 5:53 AM, Eric Smith <desm...@santafe.edu> wrote: > Hi Glen, > > I believe it's also called a "wedge product". Mike Spivak's tiny but > frustrating but elegant book Calculus on Manifolds, if I remember correctly, > defines these things and explains what they mean in geometric terms. > > Eric > > > > > > On Jul 13, 2010, at 7:30 PM, glen e. p. ropella wrote: > >> >> So, Verlinde lost me in section 4. But I usually try to continue reading >> even if I don't understand (just like I continue talking about stuff I don't >> understand ;-). And equation 5.35 (attached) had a surprise for me. What >> is that ^ symbol between dx^a and dx^b? >> >> -- >> glen e. p. ropella, 971-222-9095, http://agent-based-modeling.com >> >> <eq-5.35.png>============================================================ >> FRIAM Applied Complexity Group listserv >> Meets Fridays 9a-11:30 at cafe at St. John's College >> lectures, archives, unsubscribe, maps at http://www.friam.org > > > ============================================================ > FRIAM Applied Complexity Group listserv > Meets Fridays 9a-11:30 at cafe at St. John's College > lectures, archives, unsubscribe, maps at http://www.friam.org > ============================================================ FRIAM Applied Complexity Group listserv Meets Fridays 9a-11:30 at cafe at St. John's College lectures, archives, unsubscribe, maps at http://www.friam.org
