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Record Nr.

UNISA996213732103316

Autore

Bär Christian

Titolo

Differential Characters [[electronic resource] /] / by Christian Bär, Christian Becker

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Cham : , : Springer International Publishing : , : Imprint : Springer, , 2014

ISBN

3-319-07034-7

Edizione

[1st ed. 2014.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (VIII, 187 p.)

Collana

Lecture Notes in Mathematics, , 0075-8434 ; ; 2112

Disciplina

516.36

Soggetti

Differential geometry

Algebraic topology

Differential Geometry

Algebraic Topology

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Differential Characters and Geometric Chains -- Relative differential Cohomology -- Index.

Sommario/riassunto

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.  .