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| + | A very important conceptual transition has just occurred here, almost tacitly, as it were. Generally speaking, having a set of mathematical objects of compatible types, in this case the two differential fields <math>\varepsilon f</math> and <math>\operatorname{E}f,</math> both of the type <math>\operatorname{E}X \to \mathbb{B},</math> is very useful, because it allows us to consider these fields as integral mathematical objects that can be operated on and combined in the ways that we usually associate with algebras. |
− | A very important conceptual transition has just occurred here, | |
− | almost tacitly, as it were. Generally speaking, having a set | |
− | of mathematical objects of compatible types, in this case the | |
− | two differential fields !e!f and Ef, both of the type EX -> B, | |
− | is very useful, because it allows us to consider these fields | |
− | as integral mathematical objects that can be operated on and | |
− | combined in the ways that we usually associate with algebras. | |
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− | In this case one notices that the tacit extension !e!f and the | + | In this case one notices that the tacit extension <math>\varepsilon f</math> and the enlargement <math>\operatorname{E}f</math> are in a certain sense dual to each other. The tacit extension <math>\varepsilon f</math> indicates all the arrows out of the region where <math>f\!</math> is true and the enlargement <math>\operatorname{E}f</math> indicates all the arrows into the region where <math>f\!</math> is true. The only arc they have in common is the no-change loop <math>\texttt{(} \operatorname{d}p \texttt{)(} \operatorname{d}q \texttt{)}</math> at <math>pq.\!</math> If we add the two sets of arcs in mod 2 fashion then the loop of multiplicity 2 zeroes out, leaving the 6 arrows of <math>\operatorname{D}(pq) = \varepsilon(pq) + \operatorname{E}(pq)</math> that are illustrated in Figure 25-2. |
− | enlargement Ef are in a certain sense dual to each other, with | |
− | !e!f indicating all of the arrows out of the region where f is
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− | true, and with Ef indicating all of the arrows into the region | |
− | where f is true. The only arc that they have in common is the | |
− | no-change loop (dp)(dq) at pq. If we add the two sets of arcs | |
− | mod 2, then the common loop drops out, leaving the 6 arrows of | |
− | D[pq] = !e![pq] + E[pq] that are illustrated in Figure 25-2. | |
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