Poincaré lemma

GPTKB entity

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Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:mathematical_concept
gptkbp:appliesTo differential forms
contractible open subsets
gptkbp:field differential geometry
differential topology
gptkbp:firstPublished late 19th century
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Poincaré lemma
gptkbp:implies de Rham cohomology of contractible open sets is trivial
gptkbp:namedAfter gptkb:Henri_Poincaré
gptkbp:state Every closed differential form on a contractible open subset of Euclidean space is exact
gptkbp:usedIn gptkb:topology
gptkb:de_Rham_cohomology
theory of differential forms
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Henri_Poincaré
gptkbp:bfsLayer 5