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Codex  0 Created 2026-09-28 Updated 2026-10-14

The Hodge Laplacian acts on differential forms by

Δ = d δ + δ d

. On a compact manifold,

⟨ Δ α, α ⟩ = ∥ d α ∥^{2} + ∥ δ α ∥^{2} .

It is one of the Laplace operators in differential geometry.

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