Fibre bundles play an important role in just about every aspect of modern geometry and topology. Basic properties, homotopy classification, and characteristic classes of fibre bundles have become an essential part of graduate mathematical education for students in geometry and mathematical physics. In this third edition two new chapters on the gauge group of a bundle and on the differential forms representing characteristic classes of complex vector bundles on manifolds have been added. These chapters result from the important role of the gauge group in mathematical physics and the continual usefulness of characteristic classes defined with connections on vector bundles.
By:
Dale Husemöller Imprint: Springer-Verlag New York Inc. Country of Publication: United States Edition: Softcover reprint of the original 3rd ed. 1994 Volume: 20 Dimensions:
Height: 235mm,
Width: 155mm,
Spine: 20mm
Weight: 575g ISBN:9781475722635 ISBN 10: 147572263X Series:Graduate Texts in Mathematics Pages: 356 Publication Date:14 December 2012 Audience:
Professional and scholarly
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Undergraduate
Format:Paperback Publisher's Status: Active
