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Published May 1, 2005 | public
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Discrete Poincaré Lemma

Abstract

This paper proves a discrete analogue of the Poincar´e lemma in the context of a discrete exterior calculus based on simplicial cochains. The proof requires the construction of a generalized cone operator, p : Ck(K) -> Ck+1(K), as the geometric cone of a simplex cannot, in general, be interpreted as a chain in the simplicial complex. The corresponding cocone operator H : Ck(K) -> Ck−1(K) can be shown to be a homotopy operator, and this yields the discrete Poincar´e lemma. The generalized cone operator is a combinatorial operator that can be constructed for any simplicial complex that can be grown by a process of local augmentation. In particular, regular triangulations and tetrahedralizations of R2 and R3 are presented, for which the discrete Poincar´e lemma is globally valid.

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