Example 6.5 [0372]
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Example 6.5
We have the current of integration given by for . More generally, we define the current of integration along a closed -dimensional subvariety of as the push-forward of to . By abuse of notation, we denote this element of also by . By linearity in the components, we define the current of integration along a cycle on . If is an open subset of , then we get a current by restricting .