Article ID | Journal | Published Year | Pages | File Type |
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9516634 | Topology and its Applications | 2005 | 5 Pages |
Abstract
We offer a new perspective on the splitting principle. We give an easy proof that applies to all classical types of vector bundles and in fact to G-bundles for any compact connected Lie group G. The perspective gives precise calculational information and directly ties the splitting principle to the specification of characteristic classes in terms of classifying spaces.
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Authors
J.P. May,