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Integral of a Differential Form over an Oriented k-Sub-Rectangle in Euclidean Space

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Let n,k∈Nn,k\in\mathbb{N} with k≤nk\le n, let (S,ε)(S,\varepsilon) be an oriented kk-sub-rectangle of Rn\mathbb{R}^n, let U⊆RnU\subseteq \mathbb{R}^n be open with S⊆US\subseteq U, and let ω\omega be a continuous differential kk-form on UU. Choose data as in Oriented k-Sub-Rectangle of Euclidean Space, so that S=λR(R)S=\lambda_R(R) for a standard kk-rectangle

R=[a1,b1]×⋯×[ak,bk]R=[a_1,b_1]\times\cdots\times[a_k,b_k]

and active coordinate indices 1≤i1<⋯<ik≤n1\le i_1<\cdots<i_k\le n. Write ω\omega in the coordinate expansion from Coordinate Expansion of Differential Forms on Euclidean Open Sets. Let f:U→Rf:U\to\mathbb{R} be the coefficient function of the basis form

dxi1∧⋯∧dxik.dx_{i_1}\wedge\cdots\wedge dx_{i_k}.

For each fixed (t2,…,tk)∈[a2,b2]×⋯×[ak,bk](t_2,\dots,t_k)\in [a_2,b_2]\times\cdots\times[a_k,b_k], define

F1(t2,…,tk)=∫a1b1f(λR(t1,t2,…,tk)) dt1,F_1(t_2,\dots,t_k)=\int_{a_1}^{b_1} f(\lambda_R(t_1,t_2,\dots,t_k))\,dt_1,

where this is the one-dimensional Riemann integral on [a1,b1][a_1,b_1]; it exists because the integrand is continuous on [a1,b1][a_1,b_1], hence Riemann integrable. Recursively, for each r∈{2,…,k}r\in\{2,\dots,k\} and each fixed (tr+1,…,tk)∈[ar+1,br+1]×⋯×[ak,bk](t_{r+1},\dots,t_k)\in [a_{r+1},b_{r+1}]\times\cdots\times[a_k,b_k], define

Fr(tr+1,…,tk)=∫arbrFr−1(tr,…,tk) dtr,F_r(t_{r+1},\dots,t_k)=\int_{a_r}^{b_r} F_{r-1}(t_r,\dots,t_k)\,dt_r,

again in the one-dimensional Riemann sense of The Riemann Integral on a Closed Interval via Lower and Upper Integrals, whenever the integrand is viewed as a function of trt_r alone. The integral of ω\omega over (S,ε)(S,\varepsilon) is defined by

∫(S,ε)ω=εFk.\int_{(S,\varepsilon)} \omega=\varepsilon F_k.

Equivalently,

∫(S,ε)ω=ε∫akbk⋯∫a1b1f(λR(t1,…,tk)) dt1⋯dtk,\int_{(S,\varepsilon)} \omega = \varepsilon \int_{a_k}^{b_k}\cdots\int_{a_1}^{b_1} f(\lambda_R(t_1,\dots,t_k))\, dt_1\cdots dt_k,

with the right-hand side understood through the recursive construction above.

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