Description
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.
Détails du livre
Format
Relié
Pages
237 pages
Langue
Anglais
Publié
Mar 18, 2004
Éditeur
Springer
Éditions
4 editions
ISBN-10
038720430X
ISBN-13
9780387204307