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Justify your answer: For any one-forms η₁, η₂, η₃ defined on all of ℝ³, η₁∧η₂∧η₃ is exact.

A)TRUE
B)FALSE

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Final answer:

The statement 'u03b71∧η2∧η3 is exact' is FALSE because in ℝ³, a three-form cannot be the exterior derivative of a higher degree form as four-forms do not exist in three-dimensional space.

Step-by-step explanation:

The question asks to justify whether the exterior product of any three one-forms η1, η2, η3 in ℝ³ (the three-dimensional real number space) is exact. A differential form is considered exact if it is the exterior derivative of another differential form. In ℝ³, a three-form is the highest-degree form possible, which means that it cannot be the exterior derivative of a four-form, because four-forms do not exist in three-dimensional space. Therefore, the statement 'η1∧η2∧η3 is exact' is FALSE. This is a consequence of the property that the exterior derivative increases the degree of a differential form by one, and since there can't be a form of a higher degree than three in ℝ³, the given three-form can't be exact.

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