Beskrivning
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.
Bokdetaljer
Format
Inbunden
Sidor
237 sidor
Språk
Engelska
Publicerad
Mar 18, 2004
Förlag
Springer
Upplagor
4 editions
ISBN-10
038720430X
ISBN-13
9780387204307