Lecture Notes in Mathematics

Bär, Christian; Becker, Christian

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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Published by: Springer

Publication Date: 2014-08-15

Format: Paperback

ISBN-13: 9783319070339

DOI: 10.1007/978-3-319-07034-6

Dimensions: 235cm x155cm

Pages: 187