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.
- ISBN13 9783319070339
- Publish Date 15 August 2014
- Publish Status Active
- Publish Country CH
- Imprint Springer International Publishing AG
- Edition 2014 ed.
- Format Paperback
- Pages 187
- Language English