Representing functionals on harmonic forms by wedge pairing

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On a compact oriented Riemannian manifold without boundary, every real linear functional on has a unique representing harmonic form : . If is an orthonormal harmonic basis, then . The Hodge star gives a harmonic -form satisfying . The ambiguity of harmonic wedge-pairing representatives describes all smooth representatives with this same functional.

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