 Pullback (differential geometry) (source code)

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= Pullback
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A <smooth map between manifolds> $f:M\to N$ pulls a function back by composition and pulls a covariant tensor back by applying its <differential> to each vector argument. The <pullback of a differential form> is the alternating-tensor case and commutes with the <exterior derivative>.

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