Re: origin/history of the term "exterior derivative"

From: "Shmuel (Seymour J.) Metz" <spamtrap@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Thu, 11 Aug 2005 08:02:09 -0300

In <1123709441.416061.244480@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>, on
08/10/2005
at 02:30 PM, mot12345@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx said:

>Can anyone out there give me any insight on why the term "exterior
>derivative" is called "exterior"?

Could it derive from the term Exterior Algebra? And could "exterior"
in turn refer to a product in which you do not take a trace (index
summation)? Contrast to the term "inner product".

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