This extension explores harmonic forms and Laplacians in higher-dimensional Sierpinski gaskets, suggesting new analytical methods.
This paper extends the Hodge-de Rham theory of Aaron et al. [Commun. Pure Appl. Anal. { 13} (2014)] to higher-dimensional level-l Sierpinski gaskets SG_ⁿ, providing a framework for analyzing differential forms and Laplacians on these fractal structures. We construct a sequence of graphs approximating SG_ⁿ and define k-forms, de Rham derivatives, and their duals on these graphs. We prove that the extension of a $1$-form on a generation-m graph to a $1$-form on a generation-$(m+1)$ graph is harmonic. We obtain a basis for the space of harmonic $1$-forms. We also explore the properties of $2$-forms on the level-$3$ Sierpinski gasket, under the assumptions that the $2$-forms are absolutely continuous with respect to the Kusuoka measure or the standard self-similar measure and that the Radon-Nikodym derivatives are continuous.
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