Solution

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Use the standard convention that the compact manifold is nonempty and has no boundary. Orient it by . Since , every power is closed. If for some , then
again by Leibniz and closedness. Stokes theorem would give . But this integral is strictly positive in the symplectic orientation, a contradiction. Therefore
The boundaryless hypothesis matters: a compact disk has a symplectic area form but no nonzero ordinary second cohomology class.

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