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r""" 

Differential Form Modules 

 

The set `\Omega^p(U, \Phi)` of `p`-forms along a differentiable manifold `U` 

with values on a differentiable manifold `M` via a differentiable map 

`\Phi:\ U \rightarrow M` (possibly `U = M` and `\Phi = \mathrm{Id}_M`) 

is a module over the algebra `C^k(U)` of differentiable scalar fields on `U`. 

It is a free module if and only if `M` is parallelizable. Accordingly, 

two classes implement `\Omega^p(U, \Phi)`: 

 

- :class:`DiffFormModule` for differential forms with values on a generic 

(in practice, not parallelizable) differentiable manifold `M` 

- :class:`DiffFormFreeModule` for differential forms with values on a 

parallelizable manifold `M` 

 

AUTHORS: 

 

- Eric Gourgoulhon (2015): initial version 

- Travis Scrimshaw (2016): review tweaks 

 

REFERENCES: 

 

- [KN1963]_ 

- [Lee2013]_ 

 

""" 

#****************************************************************************** 

# Copyright (C) 2015 Eric Gourgoulhon <eric.gourgoulhon@obspm.fr> 

# Copyright (C) 2016 Travis Scrimshaw <tscrimsh@umn.edu> 

# 

# Distributed under the terms of the GNU General Public License (GPL) 

# as published by the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of 

# the License, or (at your option) any later version. 

# http://www.gnu.org/licenses/ 

#****************************************************************************** 

 

from sage.misc.cachefunc import cached_method 

from sage.structure.unique_representation import UniqueRepresentation 

from sage.structure.parent import Parent 

from sage.categories.modules import Modules 

from sage.rings.integer import Integer 

from sage.tensor.modules.ext_pow_free_module import ExtPowerDualFreeModule 

from sage.manifolds.differentiable.diff_form import DiffForm, DiffFormParal 

from sage.manifolds.differentiable.tensorfield import TensorField 

from sage.manifolds.differentiable.tensorfield_paral import TensorFieldParal 

 

class DiffFormModule(UniqueRepresentation, Parent): 

r""" 

Module of differential forms of a given degree `p` (`p`-forms) along a 

differentiable manifold `U` with values on a differentiable manifold `M`. 

 

Given a differentiable manifold `U` and a differentiable map 

`\Phi: U \rightarrow M` to a differentiable manifold `M`, the set 

`\Omega^p(U, \Phi)` of `p`-forms along `U` with values on `M` is 

a module over `C^k(U)`, the commutative algebra of differentiable 

scalar fields on `U` (see 

:class:`~sage.manifolds.differentiable.scalarfield_algebra.DiffScalarFieldAlgebra`). 

The standard case of `p`-forms *on* a differentiable manifold `M` 

corresponds to `U = M` and `\Phi = \mathrm{Id}_M`. Other common cases 

are `\Phi` being an immersion and `\Phi` being a curve in `M` 

(`U` is then an open interval of `\RR`). 

 

.. NOTE:: 

 

This class implements `\Omega^p(U,\Phi)` in the case where `M` is 

not assumed to be parallelizable; the module `\Omega^p(U, \Phi)` 

is then not necessarily free. If `M` is parallelizable, the class 

:class:`DiffFormFreeModule` must be used instead. 

 

INPUT: 

 

- ``vector_field_module`` -- module `\mathfrak{X}(U, \Phi)` of vector 

fields along `U` with values on `M` via the map `\Phi: U \rightarrow M` 

- ``degree`` -- positive integer; the degree `p` of the differential forms 

 

EXAMPLES: 

 

Module of 2-forms on a non-parallelizable 2-dimensional manifold:: 

 

sage: M = Manifold(2, 'M') 

sage: U = M.open_subset('U') ; V = M.open_subset('V') 

sage: M.declare_union(U,V) # M is the union of U and V 

sage: c_xy.<x,y> = U.chart() ; c_uv.<u,v> = V.chart() 

sage: transf = c_xy.transition_map(c_uv, (x+y, x-y), 

....: intersection_name='W', restrictions1= x>0, restrictions2= u+v>0) 

sage: inv = transf.inverse() 

sage: W = U.intersection(V) 

sage: eU = c_xy.frame() ; eV = c_uv.frame() 

sage: XM = M.vector_field_module() ; XM 

Module X(M) of vector fields on the 2-dimensional differentiable 

manifold M 

sage: A = M.diff_form_module(2) ; A 

Module Omega^2(M) of 2-forms on the 2-dimensional differentiable 

manifold M 

sage: latex(A) 

\Omega^{2}\left(M\right) 

 

``A`` is nothing but the second exterior power of the dual of ``XM``, i.e. 

we have `\Omega^{2}(M) = \Lambda^2(\mathfrak{X}(M)^*)`:: 

 

sage: A is XM.dual_exterior_power(2) 

True 

 

Modules of differential forms are unique:: 

 

sage: A is M.diff_form_module(2) 

True 

 

`\Omega^2(M)` is a module over the algebra `C^k(M)` of (differentiable) 

scalar fields on `M`:: 

 

sage: A.category() 

Category of modules over Algebra of differentiable scalar fields on 

the 2-dimensional differentiable manifold M 

sage: CM = M.scalar_field_algebra() ; CM 

Algebra of differentiable scalar fields on the 2-dimensional 

differentiable manifold M 

sage: A in Modules(CM) 

True 

sage: A.base_ring() is CM 

True 

sage: A.base_module() 

Module X(M) of vector fields on the 2-dimensional differentiable 

manifold M 

sage: A.base_module() is XM 

True 

 

Elements can be constructed from ``A()``. In particular, ``0`` yields 

the zero element of ``A``:: 

 

sage: z = A(0) ; z 

2-form zero on the 2-dimensional differentiable manifold M 

sage: z.display(eU) 

zero = 0 

sage: z.display(eV) 

zero = 0 

sage: z is A.zero() 

True 

 

while non-zero elements are constructed by providing their components in a 

given vector frame:: 

 

sage: a = A([[0,3*x],[-3*x,0]], frame=eU, name='a') ; a 

2-form a on the 2-dimensional differentiable manifold M 

sage: a.add_comp_by_continuation(eV, W, c_uv) # finishes initializ. of a 

sage: a.display(eU) 

a = 3*x dx/\dy 

sage: a.display(eV) 

a = (-3/4*u - 3/4*v) du/\dv 

 

An alternative is to construct the 2-form from an empty list of 

components and to set the nonzero nonredundant components afterwards:: 

 

sage: a = A([], name='a') 

sage: a[eU,0,1] = 3*x 

sage: a.add_comp_by_continuation(eV, W, c_uv) 

sage: a.display(eU) 

a = 3*x dx/\dy 

sage: a.display(eV) 

a = (-3/4*u - 3/4*v) du/\dv 

 

The module `\Omega^1(M)` is nothing but the dual of `\mathfrak{X}(M)` 

(the module of vector fields on `M`):: 

 

sage: L1 = M.diff_form_module(1) ; L1 

Module Omega^1(M) of 1-forms on the 2-dimensional differentiable 

manifold M 

sage: L1 is XM.dual() 

True 

 

Since any tensor field of type `(0,1)` is a 1-form, there is a coercion 

map from the set `T^{(0,1)}(M)` of such tensors to `\Omega^1(M)`:: 

 

sage: T01 = M.tensor_field_module((0,1)) ; T01 

Module T^(0,1)(M) of type-(0,1) tensors fields on the 2-dimensional 

differentiable manifold M 

sage: L1.has_coerce_map_from(T01) 

True 

 

There is also a coercion map in the reverse direction:: 

 

sage: T01.has_coerce_map_from(L1) 

True 

 

For a degree `p \geq 2`, the coercion holds only in the direction 

`\Omega^p(M)\rightarrow T^{(0,p)}(M)`:: 

 

sage: T02 = M.tensor_field_module((0,2)) ; T02 

Module T^(0,2)(M) of type-(0,2) tensors fields on the 2-dimensional 

differentiable manifold M 

sage: T02.has_coerce_map_from(A) 

True 

sage: A.has_coerce_map_from(T02) 

False 

 

The coercion map `T^{(0,1)}(M) \rightarrow \Omega^1(M)` in action:: 

 

sage: b = T01([y,x], frame=eU, name='b') ; b 

Tensor field b of type (0,1) on the 2-dimensional differentiable 

manifold M 

sage: b.add_comp_by_continuation(eV, W, c_uv) 

sage: b.display(eU) 

b = y dx + x dy 

sage: b.display(eV) 

b = 1/2*u du - 1/2*v dv 

sage: lb = L1(b) ; lb 

1-form b on the 2-dimensional differentiable manifold M 

sage: lb.display(eU) 

b = y dx + x dy 

sage: lb.display(eV) 

b = 1/2*u du - 1/2*v dv 

 

The coercion map `\Omega^1(M) \rightarrow T^{(0,1)}(M)` in action:: 

 

sage: tlb = T01(lb) ; tlb 

Tensor field b of type (0,1) on the 2-dimensional differentiable 

manifold M 

sage: tlb.display(eU) 

b = y dx + x dy 

sage: tlb.display(eV) 

b = 1/2*u du - 1/2*v dv 

sage: tlb == b 

True 

 

The coercion map `\Omega^2(M) \rightarrow T^{(0,2)}(M)` in action:: 

 

sage: ta = T02(a) ; ta 

Tensor field a of type (0,2) on the 2-dimensional differentiable 

manifold M 

sage: ta.display(eU) 

a = 3*x dx*dy - 3*x dy*dx 

sage: a.display(eU) 

a = 3*x dx/\dy 

sage: ta.display(eV) 

a = (-3/4*u - 3/4*v) du*dv + (3/4*u + 3/4*v) dv*du 

sage: a.display(eV) 

a = (-3/4*u - 3/4*v) du/\dv 

 

There is also coercion to subdomains, which is nothing but the restriction 

of the differential form to some subset of its domain:: 

 

sage: L2U = U.diff_form_module(2) ; L2U 

Free module Omega^2(U) of 2-forms on the Open subset U of the 

2-dimensional differentiable manifold M 

sage: L2U.has_coerce_map_from(A) 

True 

sage: a_U = L2U(a) ; a_U 

2-form a on the Open subset U of the 2-dimensional differentiable 

manifold M 

sage: a_U.display(eU) 

a = 3*x dx/\dy 

 

""" 

Element = DiffForm 

 

def __init__(self, vector_field_module, degree): 

r""" 

Construction a module of differential forms. 

 

TESTS: 

 

Module of 2-forms on a non-parallelizable 2-dimensional manifold:: 

 

sage: M = Manifold(2, 'M') 

sage: U = M.open_subset('U') ; V = M.open_subset('V') 

sage: M.declare_union(U,V) # M is the union of U and V 

sage: c_xy.<x,y> = U.chart() ; c_uv.<u,v> = V.chart() 

sage: transf = c_xy.transition_map(c_uv, (x+y, x-y), 

....: intersection_name='W', restrictions1= x>0, 

....: restrictions2= u+v>0) 

sage: inv = transf.inverse() 

sage: from sage.manifolds.differentiable.diff_form_module import \ 

....: DiffFormModule 

sage: A = DiffFormModule(M.vector_field_module(), 2) ; A 

Module Omega^2(M) of 2-forms on the 2-dimensional differentiable 

manifold M 

sage: TestSuite(A).run(skip='_test_elements') 

 

In the above test suite, ``_test_elements`` is skipped because of the 

``_test_pickling`` error of the elements (to be fixed in 

:class:`sage.manifolds.differentialbe.tensorfield.TensorField`) 

 

""" 

domain = vector_field_module._domain 

dest_map = vector_field_module._dest_map 

name = "Omega^{}(".format(degree) + domain._name 

latex_name = r"\Omega^{{{}}}\left({}".format(degree, domain._latex_name) 

if dest_map is not domain.identity_map(): 

dm_name = dest_map._name 

dm_latex_name = dest_map._latex_name 

if dm_name is None: 

dm_name = "unnamed map" 

if dm_latex_name is None: 

dm_latex_name = r"\mathrm{unnamed\; map}" 

name += "," + dm_name 

latex_name += "," + dm_latex_name 

self._name = name + ")" 

self._latex_name = latex_name + r"\right)" 

self._vmodule = vector_field_module 

self._degree = degree 

# the member self._ring is created for efficiency (to avoid calls to 

# self.base_ring()): 

self._ring = domain.scalar_field_algebra() 

Parent.__init__(self, base=self._ring, category=Modules(self._ring)) 

self._domain = domain 

self._dest_map = dest_map 

self._ambient_domain = vector_field_module._ambient_domain 

# NB: self._zero_element is not constructed here, since no element 

# can be constructed here, to avoid some infinite recursion. 

 

#### Parent methods 

 

def _element_constructor_(self, comp=[], frame=None, name=None, 

latex_name=None): 

r""" 

Construct a differential form. 

 

TESTS:: 

 

sage: M = Manifold(2, 'M') 

sage: U = M.open_subset('U'); V = M.open_subset('V') 

sage: c_xy.<x,y> = U.chart(); c_uv.<u,v> = V.chart() 

sage: M.declare_union(U,V) 

sage: A = M.diff_form_module(2) 

sage: a = A([[0, x*y], [-x*y, 0]], name='a'); a 

2-form a on the 2-dimensional differentiable manifold M 

sage: a.display(c_xy.frame()) 

a = x*y dx/\dy 

sage: A(0) is A.zero() 

True 

 

""" 

if isinstance(comp, (int, Integer)) and comp == 0: 

return self.zero() 

if isinstance(comp, (DiffForm, DiffFormParal)): 

# coercion by domain restriction 

if (self._degree == comp._tensor_type[1] 

and self._domain.is_subset(comp._domain) 

and self._ambient_domain.is_subset(comp._ambient_domain)): 

return comp.restrict(self._domain) 

else: 

raise TypeError("cannot convert the {} ".format(comp) + 

"to an element of {}".format(self)) 

if isinstance(comp, TensorField): 

# coercion of a tensor of type (0,1) to a linear form 

tensor = comp # for readability 

if (tensor.tensor_type() == (0,1) and self._degree == 1 

and tensor._vmodule is self._vmodule): 

resu = self.element_class(self._vmodule, 1, name=tensor._name, 

latex_name=tensor._latex_name) 

for dom, rst in tensor._restrictions.items(): 

resu._restrictions[dom] = dom.diff_form_module(1)(rst) 

return resu 

else: 

raise TypeError("cannot convert the {} ".format(tensor) + 

"to an element of {}".format(self)) 

# standard construction 

resu = self.element_class(self._vmodule, self._degree, name=name, 

latex_name=latex_name) 

if comp != []: 

resu.set_comp(frame)[:] = comp 

return resu 

 

def _an_element_(self): 

r""" 

Construct some (unnamed) differential form. 

 

TESTS:: 

 

sage: M = Manifold(2, 'M') 

sage: U = M.open_subset('U'); V = M.open_subset('V') 

sage: c_xy.<x,y> = U.chart(); c_uv.<u,v> = V.chart() 

sage: M.declare_union(U,V) 

sage: A = M.diff_form_module(2) 

sage: A._an_element_() 

2-form on the 2-dimensional differentiable manifold M 

 

""" 

resu = self.element_class(self._vmodule, self._degree) 

# Non-trivial open covers of the domain: 

open_covers = self._domain.open_covers()[1:] # the open cover 0 

# is trivial 

if open_covers != []: 

oc = open_covers[0] # the first non-trivial open cover is selected 

for dom in oc: 

vmodule_dom = dom.vector_field_module( 

dest_map=self._dest_map.restrict(dom)) 

dmodule_dom = vmodule_dom.dual_exterior_power(self._degree) 

resu.set_restriction(dmodule_dom._an_element_()) 

return resu 

 

def _coerce_map_from_(self, other): 

r""" 

Determine whether coercion to ``self`` exists from other parent. 

 

TESTS:: 

 

sage: M = Manifold(3, 'M') 

sage: A1 = M.diff_form_module(1) 

sage: A1._coerce_map_from_(M.tensor_field_module((0,1))) 

True 

sage: A2 = M.diff_form_module(2) 

sage: A2._coerce_map_from_(M.tensor_field_module((0,2))) 

False 

sage: U = M.open_subset('U') 

sage: A2U = U.diff_form_module(2) 

sage: A2U._coerce_map_from_(A2) 

True 

sage: A2._coerce_map_from_(A2U) 

False 

 

""" 

if isinstance(other, (DiffFormModule, DiffFormFreeModule)): 

# coercion by domain restriction 

return (self._degree == other._degree 

and self._domain.is_subset(other._domain) 

and self._ambient_domain.is_subset(other._ambient_domain)) 

 

from sage.manifolds.differentiable.tensorfield_module import TensorFieldModule 

if isinstance(other, TensorFieldModule): 

# coercion of a type-(0,1) tensor to a linear form 

return (self._vmodule is other._vmodule and self._degree == 1 

and other.tensor_type() == (0,1)) 

 

return False 

 

@cached_method 

def zero(self): 

""" 

Return the zero of ``self``. 

 

EXAMPLES:: 

 

sage: M = Manifold(3, 'M') 

sage: A2 = M.diff_form_module(2) 

sage: A2.zero() 

2-form zero on the 3-dimensional differentiable manifold M 

 

""" 

zero = self.element_class(self._vmodule, self._degree, name='zero', 

latex_name='0') 

zero = self._element_constructor_(name='zero', latex_name='0') 

for frame in self._domain._frames: 

if self._dest_map.restrict(frame._domain) == frame._dest_map: 

zero.add_comp(frame) 

# (since new components are initialized to zero) 

return zero 

 

#### End of Parent methods 

 

def _repr_(self): 

r""" 

Return a string representation of the object. 

 

TESTS:: 

 

sage: M = Manifold(3, 'M') 

sage: A2 = M.diff_form_module(2) 

sage: A2 

Module Omega^2(M) of 2-forms on 

the 3-dimensional differentiable manifold M 

 

""" 

description = "Module " 

if self._name is not None: 

description += self._name + " " 

description += "of {}-forms ".format(self._degree) 

if self._dest_map is self._domain.identity_map(): 

description += "on the {}".format(self._domain) 

else: 

description += "along the {} mapped into the {}".format( 

self._domain, self._ambient_domain) 

return description 

 

def _latex_(self): 

r""" 

Return a LaTeX representation of the object. 

 

TESTS:: 

 

sage: M = Manifold(3, 'M', latex_name=r'\mathcal{M}') 

sage: A2 = M.diff_form_module(2) 

sage: A2._latex_() 

'\\Omega^{2}\\left(\\mathcal{M}\\right)' 

sage: latex(A2) # indirect doctest 

\Omega^{2}\left(\mathcal{M}\right) 

 

""" 

if self._latex_name is None: 

return r'\mbox{' + str(self) + r'}' 

else: 

return self._latex_name 

 

def base_module(self): 

r""" 

Return the vector field module on which the differential form module 

``self`` is constructed. 

 

OUTPUT: 

 

- a 

:class:`~sage.manifolds.differentiable.vectorfield_module.VectorFieldModule` 

representing the module on which ``self`` is defined 

 

EXAMPLES:: 

 

sage: M = Manifold(3, 'M') 

sage: A2 = M.diff_form_module(2) ; A2 

Module Omega^2(M) of 2-forms on the 3-dimensional differentiable 

manifold M 

sage: A2.base_module() 

Module X(M) of vector fields on the 3-dimensional differentiable 

manifold M 

sage: A2.base_module() is M.vector_field_module() 

True 

sage: U = M.open_subset('U') 

sage: A2U = U.diff_form_module(2) ; A2U 

Module Omega^2(U) of 2-forms on the Open subset U of the 

3-dimensional differentiable manifold M 

sage: A2U.base_module() 

Module X(U) of vector fields on the Open subset U of the 

3-dimensional differentiable manifold M 

 

""" 

return self._vmodule 

 

def degree(self): 

r""" 

Return the degree of the differential forms in ``self``. 

 

OUTPUT: 

 

- integer `p` such that ``self`` is a set of `p`-forms 

 

EXAMPLES:: 

 

sage: M = Manifold(3, 'M') 

sage: M.diff_form_module(1).degree() 

1 

sage: M.diff_form_module(2).degree() 

2 

sage: M.diff_form_module(3).degree() 

3 

 

""" 

return self._degree 

 

#****************************************************************************** 

 

class DiffFormFreeModule(ExtPowerDualFreeModule): 

r""" 

Free module of differential forms of a given degree `p` (`p`-forms) along 

a differentiable manifold `U` with values on a parallelizable manifold `M`. 

 

Given a differentiable manifold `U` and a differentiable map 

`\Phi:\; U \rightarrow M` to a parallelizable manifold `M` of dimension 

`n`, the set `\Omega^p(U, \Phi)` of `p`-forms along `U` with values on `M` 

is a free module of rank `\binom{n}{p}` over `C^k(U)`, the commutative 

algebra of differentiable scalar fields on `U` (see 

:class:`~sage.manifolds.differentiable.scalarfield_algebra.DiffScalarFieldAlgebra`). 

The standard case of `p`-forms *on* a differentiable manifold `M` 

corresponds to `U = M` and `\Phi = \mathrm{Id}_M`. Other common cases are 

`\Phi` being an immersion and `\Phi` being a curve in `M` (`U` is then an 

open interval of `\RR`). 

 

.. NOTE:: 

 

This class implements `\Omega^p(U, \Phi)` in the case where `M` is 

parallelizable; `\Omega^p(U, \Phi)` is then a *free* module. If `M` 

is not parallelizable, the class :class:`DiffFormModule` must be used 

instead. 

 

INPUT: 

 

- ``vector_field_module`` -- free module `\mathfrak{X}(U,\Phi)` of vector 

fields along `U` associated with the map `\Phi: U \rightarrow V` 

- ``degree`` -- positive integer; the degree `p` of the differential forms 

 

EXAMPLES: 

 

Free module of 2-forms on a parallelizable 3-dimensional manifold:: 

 

sage: M = Manifold(3, 'M') 

sage: X.<x,y,z> = M.chart() 

sage: XM = M.vector_field_module() ; XM 

Free module X(M) of vector fields on the 3-dimensional differentiable 

manifold M 

sage: A = M.diff_form_module(2) ; A 

Free module Omega^2(M) of 2-forms on the 3-dimensional differentiable 

manifold M 

sage: latex(A) 

\Omega^{2}\left(M\right) 

 

``A`` is nothing but the second exterior power of the dual of ``XM``, i.e. 

we have `\Omega^{2}(M) = \Lambda^2(\mathfrak{X}(M)^*)` (see 

:class:`~sage.tensor.modules.ext_pow_free_module.ExtPowerDualFreeModule`):: 

 

sage: A is XM.dual_exterior_power(2) 

True 

 

`\Omega^{2}(M)` is a module over the algebra `C^k(M)` of (differentiable) 

scalar fields on `M`:: 

 

sage: A.category() 

Category of finite dimensional modules over Algebra of differentiable 

scalar fields on the 3-dimensional differentiable manifold M 

sage: CM = M.scalar_field_algebra() ; CM 

Algebra of differentiable scalar fields on the 3-dimensional 

differentiable manifold M 

sage: A in Modules(CM) 

True 

sage: A.base_ring() 

Algebra of differentiable scalar fields on 

the 3-dimensional differentiable manifold M 

sage: A.base_module() 

Free module X(M) of vector fields on 

the 3-dimensional differentiable manifold M 

sage: A.base_module() is XM 

True 

sage: A.rank() 

3 

 

Elements can be constructed from `A`. In particular, ``0`` yields 

the zero element of `A`:: 

 

sage: A(0) 

2-form zero on the 3-dimensional differentiable manifold M 

sage: A(0) is A.zero() 

True 

 

while non-zero elements are constructed by providing their components 

in a given vector frame:: 

 

sage: comp = [[0,3*x,-z],[-3*x,0,4],[z,-4,0]] 

sage: a = A(comp, frame=X.frame(), name='a') ; a 

2-form a on the 3-dimensional differentiable manifold M 

sage: a.display() 

a = 3*x dx/\dy - z dx/\dz + 4 dy/\dz 

 

An alternative is to construct the 2-form from an empty list of 

components and to set the nonzero nonredundant components afterwards:: 

 

sage: a = A([], name='a') 

sage: a[0,1] = 3*x # component in the manifold's default frame 

sage: a[0,2] = -z 

sage: a[1,2] = 4 

sage: a.display() 

a = 3*x dx/\dy - z dx/\dz + 4 dy/\dz 

 

The module `\Omega^1(M)` is nothing but the dual of `\mathfrak{X}(M)` 

(the free module of vector fields on `M`):: 

 

sage: L1 = M.diff_form_module(1) ; L1 

Free module Omega^1(M) of 1-forms on the 3-dimensional differentiable 

manifold M 

sage: L1 is XM.dual() 

True 

 

Since any tensor field of type `(0,1)` is a 1-form, there is a coercion 

map from the set `T^{(0,1)}(M)` of such tensors to `\Omega^1(M)`:: 

 

sage: T01 = M.tensor_field_module((0,1)) ; T01 

Free module T^(0,1)(M) of type-(0,1) tensors fields on the 

3-dimensional differentiable manifold M 

sage: L1.has_coerce_map_from(T01) 

True 

 

There is also a coercion map in the reverse direction:: 

 

sage: T01.has_coerce_map_from(L1) 

True 

 

For a degree `p \geq 2`, the coercion holds only in the direction 

`\Omega^p(M) \rightarrow T^{(0,p)}(M)`:: 

 

sage: T02 = M.tensor_field_module((0,2)); T02 

Free module T^(0,2)(M) of type-(0,2) tensors fields on the 

3-dimensional differentiable manifold M 

sage: T02.has_coerce_map_from(A) 

True 

sage: A.has_coerce_map_from(T02) 

False 

 

The coercion map `T^{(0,1)}(M) \rightarrow \Omega^1(M)` in action:: 

 

sage: b = T01([-x,2,3*y], name='b'); b 

Tensor field b of type (0,1) on the 3-dimensional differentiable 

manifold M 

sage: b.display() 

b = -x dx + 2 dy + 3*y dz 

sage: lb = L1(b) ; lb 

1-form b on the 3-dimensional differentiable manifold M 

sage: lb.display() 

b = -x dx + 2 dy + 3*y dz 

 

The coercion map `\Omega^1(M) \rightarrow T^{(0,1)}(M)` in action:: 

 

sage: tlb = T01(lb); tlb 

Tensor field b of type (0,1) on 

the 3-dimensional differentiable manifold M 

sage: tlb == b 

True 

 

The coercion map `\Omega^2(M) \rightarrow T^{(0,2)}(M)` in action:: 

 

sage: T02 = M.tensor_field_module((0,2)) ; T02 

Free module T^(0,2)(M) of type-(0,2) tensors fields on the 

3-dimensional differentiable manifold M 

sage: ta = T02(a) ; ta 

Tensor field a of type (0,2) on the 3-dimensional differentiable 

manifold M 

sage: ta.display() 

a = 3*x dx*dy - z dx*dz - 3*x dy*dx + 4 dy*dz + z dz*dx - 4 dz*dy 

sage: a.display() 

a = 3*x dx/\dy - z dx/\dz + 4 dy/\dz 

sage: ta.symmetries() # the antisymmetry is preserved 

no symmetry; antisymmetry: (0, 1) 

 

There is also coercion to subdomains, which is nothing but the 

restriction of the differential form to some subset of its domain:: 

 

sage: U = M.open_subset('U', coord_def={X: x^2+y^2<1}) 

sage: B = U.diff_form_module(2) ; B 

Free module Omega^2(U) of 2-forms on the Open subset U of the 

3-dimensional differentiable manifold M 

sage: B.has_coerce_map_from(A) 

True 

sage: a_U = B(a) ; a_U 

2-form a on the Open subset U of the 3-dimensional differentiable 

manifold M 

sage: a_U.display() 

a = 3*x dx/\dy - z dx/\dz + 4 dy/\dz 

 

""" 

 

Element = DiffFormParal 

 

def __init__(self, vector_field_module, degree): 

r""" 

Construct a free module of differential forms. 

 

TESTS:: 

 

sage: M = Manifold(3, 'M') 

sage: X.<x,y,z> = M.chart() 

sage: from sage.manifolds.differentiable.diff_form_module import DiffFormFreeModule 

sage: A = DiffFormFreeModule(M.vector_field_module(), 2) ; A 

Free module Omega^2(M) of 2-forms on 

the 3-dimensional differentiable manifold M 

sage: TestSuite(A).run() 

 

""" 

domain = vector_field_module._domain 

dest_map = vector_field_module._dest_map 

name = "Omega^{}(".format(degree) + domain._name 

latex_name = r"\Omega^{{{}}}\left({}".format(degree, domain._latex_name) 

if dest_map is not domain.identity_map(): 

dm_name = dest_map._name 

dm_latex_name = dest_map._latex_name 

if dm_name is None: 

dm_name = "unnamed map" 

if dm_latex_name is None: 

dm_latex_name = r"\mathrm{unnamed\; map}" 

name += "," + dm_name 

latex_name += "," + dm_latex_name 

name += ")" 

latex_name += r"\right)" 

ExtPowerDualFreeModule.__init__(self, vector_field_module, degree, 

name=name, latex_name=latex_name) 

self._domain = domain 

self._dest_map = dest_map 

self._ambient_domain = vector_field_module._ambient_domain 

 

#### Parent methods 

 

def _element_constructor_(self, comp=[], frame=None, name=None, 

latex_name=None): 

r""" 

Construct a differential form. 

 

TESTS:: 

 

sage: M = Manifold(2, 'M') 

sage: X.<x,y> = M.chart() # makes M parallelizable 

sage: A = M.diff_form_module(2) 

sage: a = A([[0, x], [-x, 0]], name='a'); a 

2-form a on the 2-dimensional differentiable manifold M 

sage: a.display() 

a = x dx/\dy 

sage: A(0) is A.zero() 

True 

 

""" 

if isinstance(comp, (int, Integer)) and comp == 0: 

return self.zero() 

if isinstance(comp, (DiffForm, DiffFormParal)): 

# coercion by domain restriction 

if (self._degree == comp._tensor_type[1] 

and self._domain.is_subset(comp._domain) 

and self._ambient_domain.is_subset(comp._ambient_domain)): 

return comp.restrict(self._domain) 

else: 

raise TypeError("cannot convert the {} ".format(comp) + 

"to a differential form in {}".format(self)) 

if isinstance(comp, TensorFieldParal): 

# coercion of a tensor of type (0,1) to a linear form 

tensor = comp # for readability 

if (tensor.tensor_type() == (0,1) and self._degree == 1 

and tensor._fmodule is self._fmodule): 

resu = self.element_class(self._fmodule, 1, name=tensor._name, 

latex_name=tensor._latex_name) 

for frame, comp in tensor._components.items(): 

resu._components[frame] = comp.copy() 

return resu 

else: 

raise TypeError("cannot convert the {} ".format(tensor) + 

"to an element of {}".format(self)) 

resu = self.element_class(self._fmodule, self._degree, name=name, 

latex_name=latex_name) 

if comp != []: 

resu.set_comp(frame)[:] = comp 

return resu 

 

# Rem: _an_element_ is declared in the superclass ExtPowerDualFreeModule 

 

def _coerce_map_from_(self, other): 

r""" 

Determine whether coercion to ``self`` exists from other parent. 

 

TESTS:: 

 

sage: M = Manifold(3, 'M') 

sage: X.<x,y,z> = M.chart() 

sage: A2 = M.diff_form_module(2) 

sage: U = M.open_subset('U', coord_def = {X: z<0}) 

sage: A2U = U.diff_form_module(2) 

sage: A2U._coerce_map_from_(A2) 

True 

sage: A2._coerce_map_from_(A2U) 

False 

sage: A1 = M.diff_form_module(1) 

sage: A2U._coerce_map_from_(A1) 

False 

sage: A1._coerce_map_from_(M.tensor_field_module((0,1))) 

True 

sage: A1._coerce_map_from_(M.tensor_field_module((1,0))) 

False 

 

""" 

if isinstance(other, (DiffFormModule, DiffFormFreeModule)): 

# coercion by domain restriction 

return (self._degree == other._degree 

and self._domain.is_subset(other._domain) 

and self._ambient_domain.is_subset(other._ambient_domain)) 

 

from sage.manifolds.differentiable.tensorfield_module import TensorFieldFreeModule 

if isinstance(other, TensorFieldFreeModule): 

# coercion of a type-(0,1) tensor to a linear form 

return (self._fmodule is other._fmodule and self._degree == 1 

and other.tensor_type() == (0,1)) 

return False 

 

#### End of Parent methods 

 

def _repr_(self): 

r""" 

Return a string representation of ``self``. 

 

TESTS:: 

 

sage: M = Manifold(3, 'M') 

sage: X.<x,y,z> = M.chart() 

sage: A = M.diff_form_module(2) 

sage: A 

Free module Omega^2(M) of 2-forms on 

the 3-dimensional differentiable manifold M 

 

""" 

description = "Free module " 

if self._name is not None: 

description += self._name + " " 

description += "of {}-forms ".format(self._degree) 

if self._dest_map is self._domain.identity_map(): 

description += "on the {}".format(self._domain) 

else: 

description += "along the {} mapped into the {}".format( 

self._domain, self._ambient_domain) 

return description