Differential Characters

• Κύριοι συγγραφείς: Bär, Christian (Συγγραφέας), Becker, Christian (Συγγραφέας)
• Συγγραφή απο Οργανισμό/Αρχή: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Μορφή: Ηλεκτρονική πηγή Ηλ. βιβλίο
• Γλώσσα: English
• Έκδοση: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2014.
• Σειρά: Lecture Notes in Mathematics, 2112
• Θέματα: Mathematics.; Differential geometry.; Algebraic topology.; Differential Geometry.; Algebraic Topology.
• Φυσική περιγραφή: VIII, 187 p. online resource.
• ISBN: 9783319070346
• ISSN: 0075-8434 ;

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.  .