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Tautological Bundle
In mathematics, the tautological bundle is a vector bundle occurring over a Grassmannian in a natural tautological way: for a Grassmannian of k-dimensional subspaces of V, given a point in the Grassmannian corresponding to a k-dimensional vector subspace W \subseteq V, the fiber over W is the subspace W itself. In the case of projective space the tautological bundle is known as the tautological line bundle. The tautological bundle is also called the universal bundle since any vector bundle (over a compact space) is a pullback of the tautological bundle; this is to say a Grassmannian is a classifying space for vector bundles. Because of this, the tautological bundle is important in the study of characteristic classes. Tautological bundles are constructed both in algebraic topology and in algebraic geometry. In algebraic geometry, the tautological line bundle (as invertible sheaf) is :\mathcal_(-1), the dual of the hyperplane bundle or Serre's twisting sheaf \mathcal_(1). The hype ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mathematics
Mathematics is an area of knowledge that includes the topics of numbers, formulas and related structures, shapes and the spaces in which they are contained, and quantities and their changes. These topics are represented in modern mathematics with the major subdisciplines of number theory, algebra, geometry, and analysis, respectively. There is no general consensus among mathematicians about a common definition for their academic discipline. Most mathematical activity involves the discovery of properties of abstract objects and the use of pure reason to prove them. These objects consist of either abstractions from nature orin modern mathematicsentities that are stipulated to have certain properties, called axioms. A ''proof'' consists of a succession of applications of deductive rules to already established results. These results include previously proved theorems, axioms, andin case of abstraction from naturesome basic properties that are considered true starting points of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bott Generator
Bott is an English and German surname. Notable people with the surname include: *Catherine Bott, English soprano * Charlie Bott, English rugby player * François Bott (born 1935) * John Bott *Leon Bott, Australian rugby league footballer * Leonidas Bott (1889–1969), Australian cricketer *Lloyd Bott (1917–2004), senior Australian public servant *Mark Bott, English cricketer * Markus Bott (born 1962), German boxer *Martin Bott, English geophysicist * Nina Bott (born 1978), German actress * Randy L. Bott *Raoul Bott, mathematician *Richard Bott *Violet Elizabeth Bott the character in a Richmal Crompton novel. * Wilf Bott See also *Atiyah–Bott fixed-point theorem *Borel–Weil–Bott theorem *Bott periodicity theorem *Bott residue formula In mathematics, the Bott residue formula, introduced by , describes a sum over the fixed points of a holomorphic vector field of a compact complex manifold. Statement If ''v'' is a holomorphic vector field on a compact complex manifold ''M' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Direct Limit
In mathematics, a direct limit is a way to construct a (typically large) object from many (typically smaller) objects that are put together in a specific way. These objects may be groups, rings, vector spaces or in general objects from any category. The way they are put together is specified by a system of homomorphisms (group homomorphism, ring homomorphism, or in general morphisms in the category) between those smaller objects. The direct limit of the objects A_i, where i ranges over some directed set I, is denoted by \varinjlim A_i . (This is a slight abuse of notation as it suppresses the system of homomorphisms that is crucial for the structure of the limit.) Direct limits are a special case of the concept of colimit in category theory. Direct limits are dual to inverse limits, which are also a special case of limits in category theory. Formal definition We will first give the definition for algebraic structures like groups and modules, and then the general definition ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Complex Field
In mathematics, a complex number is an element of a number system that extends the real numbers with a specific element denoted , called the imaginary unit and satisfying the equation i^= -1; every complex number can be expressed in the form a + bi, where and are real numbers. Because no real number satisfies the above equation, was called an imaginary number by René Descartes. For the complex number a+bi, is called the , and is called the . The set of complex numbers is denoted by either of the symbols \mathbb C or . Despite the historical nomenclature "imaginary", complex numbers are regarded in the mathematical sciences as just as "real" as the real numbers and are fundamental in many aspects of the scientific description of the natural world. Complex numbers allow solutions to all polynomial equations, even those that have no solutions in real numbers. More precisely, the fundamental theorem of algebra asserts that every non-constant polynomial equation with real or c ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
