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Vector bundle

A (real¹) vector bundle is a -fibre bundle topology

where for every the fibre is a -dimensional vector space over and we have a local trivalization of such that each restricts to a linear isomorphism. Usually we denote vector bundles by the entire space where the projection onto the base space and the structure of a vector space on each fibre is understood.

Further terminology

• A Vector bundle morphism is a Bundle map which respects the linear structure. We can thus form the category Category of vector bundles.
• Many of the usual constructions on vector spaces carry over:
  • Direct sum of vector bundles
  • Tensor product of vector bundles
  • Hom vector bundle
  • Dual vector bundle

Examples

• The Tangent bundle for a manifold, as well as vector bundles obtained thence using the constructions above.

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Footnotes

1. See Complex vector bundle. ↩