Basic Bundle Theory and K-Cohomology Invariants With contributions by Siegfried Echterhoff, Stefan Fredenhagen and Bernhard Krötz /

• Main Authors: Husemöller, D. (Author), Joachim, M. (Author), Jurčo, B. (Author), Schottenloher, M. (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg, 2008.
• Series: Lecture Notes in Physics, 726
• Subjects: Mathematics.; Category theory (Mathematics).; Homological algebra.; Physics.; Category Theory, Homological Algebra.; Mathematical Methods in Physics.
• Physical Description: XV, 340 p. online resource.
• ISBN: 9783540749561
• ISSN: 0075-8450 ;

Based on several recent courses given to mathematical physics students, this volume is an introduction to bundle theory with the aim to provide newcomers to the field with solid foundations in topological K-theory. A fundamental theme, emphasized in the book, centers around the gluing of local bundle data related to bundles into a global object. One renewed motivation for studying this subject, which has developed for almost 50 years in many directions, comes from quantum field theory, especially string theory, where topological invariants play an important role.