# Natural operations on differential forms

@article{Navarro2014NaturalOO,
title={Natural operations on differential forms},
author={Jos'e Navarro and Juan Blanco Sancho},
journal={arXiv: Differential Geometry},
year={2014}
}
• Published 2 December 2014
• Mathematics
• arXiv: Differential Geometry
We prove that the only natural operations between differential forms are those obtained using linear combinations, the exterior product and the exterior differential. Our result generalises work by Palais and Freed-Hopkins. As an application, we also deduce a theorem, originally due to Kolar, that determines those natural differential forms that can be associated to a connection on a principal bundle.
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