Index Theory Learning Seminar

Thursday, June 16, 2022 2:30 pm - 2:30 pm EDT (GMT -04:00)

Spencer Whitehead, Department of Pure Mathematics, University of Waterloo

"Introduction to principal bundles"

In this talk we will cover the basic theory of principal bundles and their relation to vector bundles via the frame and associated bundle constructions. We will define connections on principal bundles and structure group reductions, and then if time permits introduce the groups Spin(n) and spin structures on manifolds.

MC 5403