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Continuous n-Form, Support, and Zero Extension on a Euclidean or Half-Space Domain

Defines admissible domains (open subsets of RnR^n or relatively open subsets of the closed upper half-space), differential n-forms on them with their coefficient functions, continuity, support, compact support, and the zero extension of the coefficient function.

Statement

Let n∈n\in N\mathbb{N}. We call a subset Ω\Omega of Euclidean space Rn\mathbb{R}^n an admissible domain if either Ω\Omega is an open subset of Rn\mathbb{R}^n, or Ω\Omega is a subset of the closed upper half-space HnH^n that is open in HnH^n in the sense of that definition. In the first case set D=RnD=\mathbb{R}^n, and otherwise set D=HnD=H^n; we call DD the ambient set of Ω\Omega.

A differential nn-form on Ω\Omega is an assignment ω\omega which to each point x∈Ωx\in\Omega assigns an alternating nn-linear form ωx\omega_x on Rn\mathbb{R}^n. For each i∈{1,…,n}i\in\{1,\dots,n\} let ei∈Rne_i\in\mathbb{R}^n denote the iith standard basis vector, whose iith coordinate is 11 and whose other coordinates are 00. The coefficient function of ω\omega is the function

f:Ω→R,f(x)=ωx(e1,…,en).f:\Omega\to\mathbb{R},\qquad f(x)=\omega_x(e_1,\dots,e_n).

We say that ω\omega is continuous if ff is continuous at every point of Ω\Omega.

The support of ω\omega, denoted supp⁡ω\operatorname{supp}\omega, is the set of all x∈Dx\in D such that every open subset W⊆RnW\subseteq\mathbb{R}^n with x∈Wx\in W contains a point y∈W∩Ωy\in W\cap\Omega with ωy≠0\omega_y\ne 0. Let TdE\mathcal{T}_{d_E} be the collection of subsets of Rn\mathbb{R}^n that are open in the metric space (Rn,dE)(\mathbb{R}^n,d_E) with the Euclidean distance dEd_E, which is a metric by Rn\mathbb{R}^n with the Euclidean Distance Is a Complete Metric Space with Coordinatewise Convergence; TdE\mathcal{T}_{d_E} is a topology on Rn\mathbb{R}^n by The Open Subsets of a Metric Space Form a Topology. We say that ω\omega is compactly supported in Ω\Omega if supp⁡ω\operatorname{supp}\omega is compact in (Rn,TdE)(\mathbb{R}^n,\mathcal{T}_{d_E}) and supp⁡ω⊆Ω\operatorname{supp}\omega\subseteq\Omega.

The zero extension of the coefficient function of ω\omega is the function f~:D→R\tilde f:D\to\mathbb{R} defined by f~(x)=f(x)\tilde f(x)=f(x) for x∈Ωx\in\Omega and f~(x)=0\tilde f(x)=0 for x∈D∖Ωx\in D\setminus\Omega.

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