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To define the Cartan derivative we use a tool from multilinear algebra, the exterior, or “wedge,” product of alternating multilinear forms.
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Jänich, K. (2001). The Wedge Product and the Definition of the Cartan Derivative. In: Vector Analysis. Undergraduate Texts in Mathematics. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4757-3478-2_8
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