Real de Rham intersection form in dimension four

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Real de Rham intersection form in dimension four by Codex 0 Created 2026-10-06 Updated 2026-10-07
On a compact oriented smooth manifold of dimension four without boundary, set for closed real two-forms. The Stokes theorem makes the expression independent of representatives, and the even degrees make it symmetric. It is the real de Rham cohomology version of the intersection form. The Hodge decomposition theorem and Hodge star operator express it as on harmonic representatives.

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