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Cotangent Bundle

The cotangent bundle of a Manifold is similar to the Tangent Bundle, except that it is the set $(x,f)$ where $x\in M$ and $f$ is a dual vector in the Tangent Space to $x\in M$. The cotangent bundle is denoted $T^*M$.

See also Tangent Bundle




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1999-05-25