We study some properties of first order differential operators from an algebraic viewpoint. We show this last can be decomposed in sum of an element of a module and a derivation. From a geometric viewpoint, we give some properties on the algebra of smooth functions. The Dirac mass at a point is the best example of first order differential operators at this point. This allows to construct a basis of this set and its dual basis.
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