exact, meaning that it is not the derivative of a 0-form (that is, a function): the angle is not a globally defined smooth function on the entire punctured plane. In fact, this form generates the first de Rham cohomology of the punctured plane. This is the most basic example of such a form, and it is fundamental in differential geometry.

Differential of a function

Let be open (for example, an interval

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