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Template:No sources In differential geometry, the sharp map is the mapping that converts coordinate 1-forms into corresponding coordinate basis vectors.

Definition

Let $M$ be a manifold and $\Gamma (TM)$ denote the space of all sections of its tangent bundle. Fix a nondegenerate (0,2)-tensor field $g\in \Gamma (T^{\ast }{M}^{\otimes 2})$ , i.e., a metric tensor or a symplectic form. The definition

$X^{\mathrm{♭}}:=i_{X}g=g(X,.)$

yields a linear map sometimes called the flat map

$\mathrm{♭}:\Gamma (TM)\to \Gamma (T^{\ast }M)$

which is an isomorphism, since $g$ is non-degenerate. Its inverse

$\mathrm{♯}:={\mathrm{♭}}^{-1}:\Gamma (T^{\ast }M)\to \Gamma (TM)$

is called the sharp map.

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