Descripción
This book offers an introduction to the theory of differentiable manifolds and fiber bundles. It examines bundles from the point of view of metric differential Euclidean bundles, Riemannian connections, curvature, and Chern-Weil theory are discussed, including the Pontrjagin, Euler, and Chern characteristic classes of a vector bundle. These concepts are illustrated in detail for bundles over spheres.
Detalles del libro
Formato
Tapa dura
Páginas
237 páginas
Idioma
Inglés
Publicado
mar. 18, 2004
Editorial
Springer
Ediciones
4 ediciones
ISBN-10
038720430X
ISBN-13
9780387204307