Exterior Algebra Tutorials - Differentials & Wedge Products

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Does anyone have any good refreshers/tutorials for exterior algebra? I need to reacquaint myself with differentials and wedge products specifically. Thanks.
 

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Cool. I'll look through it tonight. It appears to go into a lot of different threads. Thanks for the tip!
 
Ah robphy, your post has brought on the pangs of guilt in me for not following through with my pretty little thread. I'll have to get my next set of notes in preparation post haste!
 

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