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Indecomposable


A p-form alpha is indecomposable if it cannot be written as the wedge product of one-forms

 alpha=beta_1 ^ ... ^ beta_p.

A p-form that can be written as such a product is called decomposable.


See also

Decomposable, Differential k-Form, Indecomposable Continuum, Indecomposable Module

This entry contributed by Todd Rowland

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Rowland, Todd. "Indecomposable." From MathWorld--A Wolfram Web Resource, created by Eric W. Weisstein. https://mathworld.wolfram.com/Indecomposable.html

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