Basic Bundle Theory and K-Cohomology Invariants
Author: Dale Husemöller
Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media
Published: 2007-12-18
Total Pages: 344
ISBN-13: 3540749551
DOWNLOAD EBOOKBased on several recent courses given to mathematical physics students, this volume is an introduction to bundle theory. It aims 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, comes from quantum field theory, where topological invariants play an important role.