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## Bibliography auxiliary files (bibtex/biblatex/biber): | ||
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We finally have all the main ingredients to generalize our line integral detour and discuss integration of $n$-forms over $n$-dimensional manifolds. | ||
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\section{Orientation} | ||
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\newthought{We know from calculus one}, or our line integral examples, that the direction in which we traverse the interval, or a curve, can actually make a difference. | ||
Indeed, the sign of the integral of a differential $n$-form is only fixed after choosing an orientation of the manifold. | ||
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If for a curve an orientation is simply a choice of a direction along it, so we can make sense of it in terms of clockwise or counter-clockwise, generalising the concept will require an extra abstraction step. | ||
Not just that, you have seen already that in $\R^n$ there is a standard orientation, but in other vector spaces we may need to make arbitrary choices. | ||
For manifolds, the situation is much more complicated: for example, on a M\"obius strip it is impossible to make any such choice, as it turns out, it is non-orientable. | ||
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\section{Stokes' Theorem} |
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