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A good command of the theory of principal bundles is essential for mastery of modern differential geometry (cf. [22], [23]). In recent years, principal bundles have also become central to key advances in mathematical physics (Yang-Mills theory) which have in turn generated exciting new mathematics (e.g., S. K. Donaldson’s work on differentiable 4-dimensional manifolds [7], [11]). This chapter will be a brief introduction to principal bundles.
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(2008). Principal Bundles*. In: Differentiable Manifolds. Birkhäuser Advanced Texts / Basler Lehrbücher. Birkhäuser Boston. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-0-8176-4767-4_11
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