Differential Characters

Differential Characters

Providing a systematic introduction to differential characters as introduced by Cheeger and Simons, this text describes important concepts such as fiber integration, higher dimensional holonomy, transgression, and the product structure in a geometric manner. Differential characters form a model of w...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Bär, Christian (Author), Becker, Christian (Author)
Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2014.
Series:Lecture Notes in Mathematics, 2112
Subjects:
Mathematics.
Differential geometry.
Algebraic topology.
Differential Geometry.
Algebraic Topology.
Online Access:Full Text via HEAL-Link
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Summary:Providing a systematic introduction to differential characters as introduced by Cheeger and Simons, this text describes important concepts such as fiber integration, higher dimensional holonomy, transgression, and the product structure in a geometric manner. Differential characters form a model of what is nowadays called differential cohomology, which is the mathematical structure behind the higher gauge theories in physics.  .
Physical Description:VIII, 187 p. online resource.
ISBN:9783319070346
ISSN:0075-8434 ;

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