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Differential forms and exterior calculus are important theories in mathematics. Exterior calculus have found wide applications in fields such as general relativity, theory of electromagnetic fields, thermodynamics, theory of elasticity, differential geometry, topology and nonlinear differential equations. Differential forms are the most natural language for expressing electromagnetic and gauge fields mathematically. This language is independent of coordinates. Exterior calculus of differential forms give an alternative to vector calculus, which is ultimately simpler and more nature.
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Tarasov, V.E. (2010). Fractional Exterior Calculus and Fractional Differential Forms. In: Fractional Dynamics. Nonlinear Physical Science, vol 0. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-14003-7_12
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