diff --git a/src/sage/manifolds/differentiable/diff_form_module.py b/src/sage/manifolds/differentiable/diff_form_module.py index 0aa86ce31d5..980de5e64b8 100644 --- a/src/sage/manifolds/differentiable/diff_form_module.py +++ b/src/sage/manifolds/differentiable/diff_form_module.py @@ -905,3 +905,175 @@ def _repr_(self): description += "along the {} mapped into the {}".format( self._domain, self._ambient_domain) return description + + +class VectorFieldDualFreeModule(DiffFormFreeModule): + r""" + Free module of differential 1-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^1(U, \Phi)` of 1-forms along `U` with values on `M` + is a free module of rank `n` 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 1-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^1(U, \Phi)` in the case where `M` is + parallelizable; `\Omega^1(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` + + EXAMPLES: + + Free module of 1-forms on a parallelizable 3-dimensional manifold:: + + sage: M = Manifold(3, 'M') + sage: X. = 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(1) ; A + Free module Omega^1(M) of 1-forms on the 3-dimensional differentiable manifold M + sage: latex(A) + \Omega^{1}\left(M\right) + + ``A`` is nothing but the dual of ``XM`` (the free module of vector fields on `M`) + and thus also equal to the 1st exterior + power of the dual, i.e. we have `\Omega^{1}(M) = \Lambda^1(\mathfrak{X}(M)^*) + = \mathfrak{X}(M)^*` (See + :class:`~sage.tensor.modules.ext_pow_free_module.ExtPowerDualFreeModule`):: + + sage: A is XM.dual_exterior_power(1) + True + + `\Omega^{1}(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) + 1-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 = [3*x,-z,4] + sage: a = A(comp, frame=X.frame(), name='a') ; a + 1-form a on the 3-dimensional differentiable manifold M + sage: a.display() + a = 3*x dx - z dy + 4 dz + + An alternative is to construct the 1-form from an empty list of + components and to set the nonzero nonredundant components afterwards:: + + sage: a = A([], name='a') + sage: a[0] = 3*x # component in the manifold's default frame + sage: a[1] = -z + sage: a[2] = 4 + sage: a.display() + a = 3*x dx - z dy + 4 dz + + 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: A.has_coerce_map_from(T01) + True + + There is also a coercion map in the reverse direction:: + + sage: T01.has_coerce_map_from(A) + True + + 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 = A(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 + """ + + def __init__(self, vector_field_module): + r""" + Construct a free module of differential 1-forms. + + TESTS:: + + sage: M = Manifold(3, 'M') + sage: X. = M.chart() + sage: from sage.manifolds.differentiable.diff_form_module import DiffFormFreeModule + sage: A = DiffFormFreeModule(M.vector_field_module(), 1) ; A + Free module Omega^1(M) of 1-forms on the 3-dimensional differentiable manifold M + sage: TestSuite(A).run() + Traceback (most recent call last): + ... + The following tests failed: _test_zero + + """ + DiffFormFreeModule.__init__(self, vector_field_module, 1) + + def tensor_type(self): + r""" + Return the tensor type of ``self``. + + EXAMPLES:: + + sage: M = Manifold(3, 'M') + sage: X. = M.chart() + sage: from sage.manifolds.differentiable.diff_form_module import DiffFormFreeModule + sage: A = M.vector_field_module().dual(); A + Free module Omega^1(M) of 1-forms on the 3-dimensional differentiable manifold M + sage: A.tensor_type() + (0, 1) + + """ + return (0, 1) diff --git a/src/sage/manifolds/differentiable/vectorfield_module.py b/src/sage/manifolds/differentiable/vectorfield_module.py index 7b954d44e22..8ad69cc4ee3 100644 --- a/src/sage/manifolds/differentiable/vectorfield_module.py +++ b/src/sage/manifolds/differentiable/vectorfield_module.py @@ -1893,8 +1893,7 @@ def dual_exterior_power(self, p): Free module Omega^2(M) of 2-forms on the 2-dimensional differentiable manifold M sage: XM.dual_exterior_power(1) - Free module Omega^1(M) of 1-forms on the 2-dimensional - differentiable manifold M + Free module Omega^1(M) of 1-forms on the 2-dimensional differentiable manifold M sage: XM.dual_exterior_power(1) is XM.dual() True sage: XM.dual_exterior_power(0) @@ -1914,6 +1913,10 @@ def dual_exterior_power(self, p): except KeyError: if p == 0: L = self._ring + elif p == 1: + from sage.manifolds.differentiable.diff_form_module import \ + VectorFieldDualFreeModule + L = VectorFieldDualFreeModule(self) else: from sage.manifolds.differentiable.diff_form_module import \ DiffFormFreeModule