Orientation sheaf
http://dbpedia.org/resource/Orientation_sheaf
In the mathematical field of algebraic topology, the orientation sheaf on a manifold X of dimension n is a locally constant sheaf oX on X such that the stalk of oX at a point x is (in the integer coefficients or some other coefficients). Let be the sheaf of differential k-forms on a manifold M. If n is the dimension of M, then the sheaf is called the sheaf of (smooth) densities on M. The point of this is that, while one can integrate a differential form only if the manifold is oriented, one can always integrate a density, regardless of orientation or orientability; there is the integration map:
rdf:langString
rdf:langString
Orientation sheaf
xsd:integer
49112440
xsd:integer
1067523932
rdf:langString
In the mathematical field of algebraic topology, the orientation sheaf on a manifold X of dimension n is a locally constant sheaf oX on X such that the stalk of oX at a point x is (in the integer coefficients or some other coefficients). Let be the sheaf of differential k-forms on a manifold M. If n is the dimension of M, then the sheaf is called the sheaf of (smooth) densities on M. The point of this is that, while one can integrate a differential form only if the manifold is oriented, one can always integrate a density, regardless of orientation or orientability; there is the integration map: If M is oriented; i.e., the orientation sheaf of the tangent bundle of M is literally trivial, then the above reduces to the usual integration of a differential form.
xsd:nonNegativeInteger
1847