LEADER 01737nam a2200337 a 4500 001 991003263379707536 008 160728s2014 sz 001 0 eng d 020 $a9783319070339 035 $ab14305392-39ule_inst 040 $aBibl. Dip.le Aggr. Matematica e Fisica - Sez. Matematica$beng 082 04$a514.23$223 084 $aAMS 53C08 084 $aAMS 55N20 084 $aLC QA3.L28 100 1 $aBär, Christian$0718154 245 10$aDifferential characters /$c Christian Bär, Christian Becker 260 $aCham [Switzerland] :$bSpringer,$cc2014 300 $aviii, 187 p. ;$c24 cm 440 0$aLecture notes in mathematics,$x0075-8434 ;$v2112 505 0 $aDifferential characters and geometric chains ; Relative differential cohomology 520 $aProviding a systematic introduction to differential characters as introduced by Cheeger and Simons, this text describes important concepts such as fiber integration, higher dimensional holonomy, transgression, and the product structure in a geometric manner. Differential characters form a model of what is nowadays called differential cohomology, which is the mathematical structure behind the higher gauge theories in physics 650 0$aAlgebraic topology 650 0$aGlobal differential geometry 700 1 $aBecker, Christian$eauthor$4http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut$0241346 776 08$aPrinted edition:$z9783319070339 907 $a.b14305392$b17-11-16$c28-07-16 912 $a991003263379707536 945 $aLE013 53C BAR21 (2014)$g1$i2013000293530$lle013$op$pE36.39$q-$rl$s- $t0$u1$v0$w1$x0$y.i15787448$z17-11-16 996 $aDifferential characters$91410788 997 $aUNISALENTO 998 $ale013$b28-07-16$cm$da $e-$feng$gsz $h0$i0