Some Cohomology Classes in Principal Fiber Bundles and Their Application to Riemannian Geometry
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Year: 1971
Type: article
Abstract: We define some new global invariants of a fiber bundle with a connection. They are cohomology classes in the principal fiber bundle that are defined when certain characteristic curvature forms vanish.... more
Authors Shiing-Shen Chern, James Simons
Institutions University of California, Berkeley, Stony Brook University, State University of New York
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Cited by: 150
Related to: 10
FWCI: 3.647
Citation percentile (by year/subfield): 98.91
Subfield: Astronomy and Astrophysics
Field: Physics and Astronomy
Domain: Physical Sciences
Open Access status: green