Differential Geometry

DOI10.1007/978-3-319-55084-8zbMath1383.53001OpenAlexW4241903089MaRDI QIDQ2968756

Loring W. Tu

Publication date: 20 March 2017

Published in: Graduate Texts in Mathematics (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-55084-8

zbMATH Keywords

Chern classcohomologycurvatureEuler classvector bundlecharacteristic classesprincipal bundleconnectionPontrjagin classChern-Weil homomorphism

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Characteristic classes and numbers in differential topology (57R20) Global Riemannian geometry, including pinching (53C20) Introductory exposition (textbooks, tutorial papers, etc.) pertaining to differential geometry (53-01) Connections (general theory) (53C05) Local Riemannian geometry (53B20)

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