Coordinate-induced basis

Coordinate-induced basis

In mathematics, a coordinate-induced basis is a basis for the tangent space or cotangent space of a manifold that is induced by a certain coordinate system. Given the coordinate system xa, the coordinate-induced basis ea of the tangent space is given by

 e_a = \frac{\partial}{\partial x^a}

and the dual basis ωa of the cotangent space is

 \omega^a=dx^a. \,

References

  • D.J. Hurley, M.A. Vandyck Topics in Differential Geometry: a New Approach Using D-Differentiation (2002 Springer) p. 5