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Fiber Bundles

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What is a fiber bundle?

  1. A topological space that is locally homeomorphic to a product of two spaces.

  2. A smooth manifold that is locally diffeomorphic to a product of two manifolds.

  3. A collection of smooth manifolds that are locally diffeomorphic to each other.

  4. A collection of topological spaces that are locally homeomorphic to each other.

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Correct Option: A
Explanation:

A fiber bundle is a topological space that is locally homeomorphic to a product of two spaces, called the base space and the fiber.

What is the base space of a fiber bundle?

  1. The space that the fiber bundle is locally homeomorphic to.

  2. The space that the fiber bundle is globally homeomorphic to.

  3. The space that the fiber bundle is locally diffeomorphic to.

  4. The space that the fiber bundle is globally diffeomorphic to.

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Correct Option: A
Explanation:

The base space of a fiber bundle is the space that the fiber bundle is locally homeomorphic to.

What is the fiber of a fiber bundle?

  1. The space that the fiber bundle is locally homeomorphic to.

  2. The space that the fiber bundle is globally homeomorphic to.

  3. The space that the fiber bundle is locally diffeomorphic to.

  4. The space that the fiber bundle is globally diffeomorphic to.

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Correct Option: C
Explanation:

The fiber of a fiber bundle is the space that the fiber bundle is locally diffeomorphic to.

What is a section of a fiber bundle?

  1. A continuous map from the base space to the fiber bundle.

  2. A smooth map from the base space to the fiber bundle.

  3. A continuous map from the fiber bundle to the base space.

  4. A smooth map from the fiber bundle to the base space.

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Correct Option: A
Explanation:

A section of a fiber bundle is a continuous map from the base space to the fiber bundle.

What is the tangent bundle of a manifold?

  1. The fiber bundle whose fiber at each point is the tangent space to the manifold at that point.

  2. The fiber bundle whose fiber at each point is the cotangent space to the manifold at that point.

  3. The fiber bundle whose fiber at each point is the normal space to the manifold at that point.

  4. The fiber bundle whose fiber at each point is the binormal space to the manifold at that point.

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Correct Option: A
Explanation:

The tangent bundle of a manifold is the fiber bundle whose fiber at each point is the tangent space to the manifold at that point.

What is the cotangent bundle of a manifold?

  1. The fiber bundle whose fiber at each point is the tangent space to the manifold at that point.

  2. The fiber bundle whose fiber at each point is the cotangent space to the manifold at that point.

  3. The fiber bundle whose fiber at each point is the normal space to the manifold at that point.

  4. The fiber bundle whose fiber at each point is the binormal space to the manifold at that point.

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Correct Option: B
Explanation:

The cotangent bundle of a manifold is the fiber bundle whose fiber at each point is the cotangent space to the manifold at that point.

What is the normal bundle of a submanifold?

  1. The fiber bundle whose fiber at each point is the tangent space to the submanifold at that point.

  2. The fiber bundle whose fiber at each point is the cotangent space to the submanifold at that point.

  3. The fiber bundle whose fiber at each point is the normal space to the submanifold at that point.

  4. The fiber bundle whose fiber at each point is the binormal space to the submanifold at that point.

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Correct Option: C
Explanation:

The normal bundle of a submanifold is the fiber bundle whose fiber at each point is the normal space to the submanifold at that point.

What is the binormal bundle of a submanifold?

  1. The fiber bundle whose fiber at each point is the tangent space to the submanifold at that point.

  2. The fiber bundle whose fiber at each point is the cotangent space to the submanifold at that point.

  3. The fiber bundle whose fiber at each point is the normal space to the submanifold at that point.

  4. The fiber bundle whose fiber at each point is the binormal space to the submanifold at that point.

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Correct Option: D
Explanation:

The binormal bundle of a submanifold is the fiber bundle whose fiber at each point is the binormal space to the submanifold at that point.

What is a vector bundle?

  1. A fiber bundle whose fiber at each point is a vector space.

  2. A fiber bundle whose fiber at each point is a smooth manifold.

  3. A fiber bundle whose fiber at each point is a topological space.

  4. A fiber bundle whose fiber at each point is a set.

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Correct Option: A
Explanation:

A vector bundle is a fiber bundle whose fiber at each point is a vector space.

What is a principal bundle?

  1. A fiber bundle whose fiber at each point is a Lie group.

  2. A fiber bundle whose fiber at each point is a smooth manifold.

  3. A fiber bundle whose fiber at each point is a topological space.

  4. A fiber bundle whose fiber at each point is a set.

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Correct Option: A
Explanation:

A principal bundle is a fiber bundle whose fiber at each point is a Lie group.

What is an associated bundle?

  1. A fiber bundle that is constructed from a principal bundle.

  2. A fiber bundle that is constructed from a vector bundle.

  3. A fiber bundle that is constructed from a smooth manifold.

  4. A fiber bundle that is constructed from a topological space.

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Correct Option: A
Explanation:

An associated bundle is a fiber bundle that is constructed from a principal bundle.

What is the Chern class of a vector bundle?

  1. A characteristic class that is defined for vector bundles.

  2. A characteristic class that is defined for principal bundles.

  3. A characteristic class that is defined for smooth manifolds.

  4. A characteristic class that is defined for topological spaces.

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Correct Option: A
Explanation:

The Chern class is a characteristic class that is defined for vector bundles.

What is the Pontryagin class of a vector bundle?

  1. A characteristic class that is defined for vector bundles.

  2. A characteristic class that is defined for principal bundles.

  3. A characteristic class that is defined for smooth manifolds.

  4. A characteristic class that is defined for topological spaces.

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Correct Option: A
Explanation:

The Pontryagin class is a characteristic class that is defined for vector bundles.

What is the Euler class of a vector bundle?

  1. A characteristic class that is defined for vector bundles.

  2. A characteristic class that is defined for principal bundles.

  3. A characteristic class that is defined for smooth manifolds.

  4. A characteristic class that is defined for topological spaces.

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Correct Option: A
Explanation:

The Euler class is a characteristic class that is defined for vector bundles.

What is the Stiefel-Whitney class of a vector bundle?

  1. A characteristic class that is defined for vector bundles.

  2. A characteristic class that is defined for principal bundles.

  3. A characteristic class that is defined for smooth manifolds.

  4. A characteristic class that is defined for topological spaces.

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Correct Option: A
Explanation:

The Stiefel-Whitney class is a characteristic class that is defined for vector bundles.

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