Characteristic Classes and Characteristic Forms

Shiing-shen Chern
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Shiing-shen Chern: Mathematical Sciences Research Institute

A chapter in PAUL HALMOS Celebrating 50 Years of Mathematics, 1991, pp 169-177 from Springer

Abstract: Abstract A vector bundle is a family of vector spaces, real or complex, which is parametrized by a manifold, such that (1) it is locally a product, and (2) the linear structure on the vector spaces (called fibers) has a meaning.

Keywords: Vector Bundle; Line Bundle; Characteristic Classis; Chern Class; Connection Form (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 1991
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DOI: 10.1007/978-1-4612-0967-6_21

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