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Lie derivative of a differential form (LX​)

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The Lie derivative of a differential form measures its infinitesimal change under the flow generated by a vector field.
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Cartan's magic formula is LX​=dιX​+ιX​d. It immediately implies that the Lie derivative commutes with the exterior derivative.

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