Solution

ID: past-exam-of-the-mathematics-course-of-the-university-of-cambridge/2026/iii/paper-118/2/b/solution

The forms are parallel for the flat metric. Consequently the Hodge Laplacian acts coefficientwise:
If every coefficient is constant, this vanishes. Conversely, if , orthogonality of the constant frame gives for every . Each coefficient is a harmonic function on a compact connected manifold and hence is constant by the Strong maximum principle for harmonic functions.
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