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.
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Sprache Englisch ● Format PDF ● ISBN 9783319070346 ● Verlag Springer International Publishing ● Erscheinungsjahr 2014 ● herunterladbar 3 mal ● Währung EUR ● ID 6302759 ● Kopierschutz Adobe DRM
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