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href="/nlab/show/bundles">bundles</a></strong></p> <ul> <li> <p>(<a class="existingWikiWord" href="/nlab/show/parameterized+stable+homotopy+theory">stable</a>) <a class="existingWikiWord" href="/nlab/show/parameterized+homotopy+theory">parameterized homotopy theory</a></p> </li> <li> <p><a class="existingWikiWord" href="/nlab/show/fiber+bundles+in+physics">fiber bundles in physics</a></p> </li> <li> <p><a class="existingWikiWord" href="/nlab/show/Chern-Weil+theory">Chern-Weil theory</a></p> </li> </ul> <h2 id="sidebar_context">Context</h2> <ul> <li> <p><a class="existingWikiWord" href="/nlab/show/slice+topos">slice topos</a>, <a class="existingWikiWord" href="/nlab/show/slice+%28%E2%88%9E%2C1%29-topos">slice (∞,1)-topos</a></p> </li> <li> <p>(<a class="existingWikiWord" href="/nlab/show/dependent+linear+type+theory">linear</a>) <a class="existingWikiWord" href="/nlab/show/dependent+type+theory">dependent type theory</a></p> </li> </ul> <h2 id="sidebar_classes_of_bundles">Classes of bundles</h2> <ul> <li> <p><a class="existingWikiWord" href="/nlab/show/covering+space">covering space</a></p> </li> <li> <p><a class="existingWikiWord" href="/nlab/show/retractive+space">retractive space</a></p> </li> <li> <p><a class="existingWikiWord" href="/nlab/show/fiber+bundle">fiber bundle</a>, <a class="existingWikiWord" href="/nlab/show/fiber+%E2%88%9E-bundle">fiber ∞-bundle</a></p> <p><a class="existingWikiWord" href="/nlab/show/numerable+bundle">numerable bundle</a></p> <ul> <li> <p><a class="existingWikiWord" href="/nlab/show/sphere+bundle">sphere bundle</a></p> </li> <li> <p><a class="existingWikiWord" href="/nlab/show/projective+bundle">projective bundle</a></p> </li> </ul> </li> <li> <p><a class="existingWikiWord" href="/nlab/show/principal+bundle">principal bundle</a>, <a class="existingWikiWord" href="/nlab/show/principal+%E2%88%9E-bundle">principal ∞-bundle</a></p> <ul> <li> <p><a class="existingWikiWord" href="/nlab/show/principal+2-bundle">principal 2-bundle</a>, <a class="existingWikiWord" href="/nlab/show/principal+3-bundle">principal 3-bundle</a></p> </li> <li> <p><a class="existingWikiWord" href="/nlab/show/circle+bundle">circle bundle</a>, <a class="existingWikiWord" href="/nlab/show/circle+n-bundle+with+connection">circle n-bundle</a></p> </li> <li> <p><a class="existingWikiWord" href="/nlab/show/orientation+bundle">orientation bundle</a></p> </li> <li> <p><a class="existingWikiWord" href="/nlab/show/spinor+bundle">spinor bundle</a>, <a class="existingWikiWord" href="/nlab/show/stringor+bundle">stringor bundle</a></p> </li> </ul> </li> <li> <p><a class="existingWikiWord" href="/nlab/show/associated+bundle">associated bundle</a>, <a class="existingWikiWord" href="/nlab/show/associated+%E2%88%9E-bundle">associated ∞-bundle</a></p> <ul> <li> <p><a class="existingWikiWord" href="/nlab/show/gerbe">gerbe</a>, <a class="existingWikiWord" href="/nlab/show/2-gerbe">2-gerbe</a>, <a class="existingWikiWord" href="/nlab/show/%E2%88%9E-gerbe">∞-gerbe</a>,</p> </li> <li> <p><a class="existingWikiWord" href="/nlab/show/local+coefficient+bundle">local coefficient bundle</a></p> </li> </ul> </li> <li> <p><a class="existingWikiWord" href="/nlab/show/vector+bundle">vector bundle</a>, <a class="existingWikiWord" href="/nlab/show/2-vector+bundle">2-vector bundle</a>, <a class="existingWikiWord" href="/nlab/show/%28%E2%88%9E%2C1%29-vector+bundle">(∞,1)-vector bundle</a></p> <p><a class="existingWikiWord" href="/nlab/show/real+vector+bundle">real</a>, <a class="existingWikiWord" href="/nlab/show/complex+vector+bundle">complex</a>/<a class="existingWikiWord" href="/nlab/show/holomorphic+vector+bundle">holomorphic</a>, <a class="existingWikiWord" href="/nlab/show/quaternionic+vector+bundle">quaternionic</a></p> <p><a class="existingWikiWord" href="/nlab/show/topological+vector+bundle">topological</a>, <a class="existingWikiWord" href="/nlab/show/differentiable+vector+bundle">differentiable</a>, <a class="existingWikiWord" href="/nlab/show/algebraic+vector+bundle">algebraic</a></p> <p><a class="existingWikiWord" href="/nlab/show/connection+on+a+vector+bundle">with connection</a></p> <ul> <li> <p><a class="existingWikiWord" href="/nlab/show/line+bundle">line bundle</a></p> <p><a class="existingWikiWord" href="/nlab/show/complex+line+bundle">complex</a>, <a class="existingWikiWord" href="/nlab/show/holomorphic+line+bundle">holomorphic</a>, <a class="existingWikiWord" href="/nlab/show/algebraic+line+bundle">algebraic</a></p> <p><a class="existingWikiWord" href="/nlab/show/cubical+structure+on+a+line+bundle">cubical structure</a></p> </li> <li> <p><a class="existingWikiWord" href="/nlab/show/Chern-Weil+theory">Chern-Weil theory</a></p> </li> <li> <p><a class="existingWikiWord" href="/nlab/show/topological+K-theory">topological K-theory</a></p> </li> <li> <p><a class="existingWikiWord" href="/nlab/show/tensor+category">tensor category</a><a class="existingWikiWord" href="/nlab/show/Vect%28X%29">of vector bundles</a></p> <p>(<a class="existingWikiWord" href="/nlab/show/VectBund">VectBund</a>)</p> </li> <li> <p><a class="existingWikiWord" href="/nlab/show/direct+sum+of+vector+bundles">direct sum</a>, <a class="existingWikiWord" href="/nlab/show/tensor+product+of+vector+bundles">tensor product</a>, <a class="existingWikiWord" href="/nlab/show/external+tensor+product+of+vector+bundles">external tensor product</a>, <a class="existingWikiWord" href="/nlab/show/inner+product+of+vector+bundles">inner product</a></p> </li> <li> <p><a class="existingWikiWord" href="/nlab/show/dual+vector+bundle">dual vector bundle</a></p> </li> <li> <p><a class="existingWikiWord" href="/nlab/show/stable+vector+bundle">stable vector bundle</a></p> </li> <li> <p><a class="existingWikiWord" href="/nlab/show/virtual+vector+bundle">virtual vector bundle</a></p> </li> </ul> </li> <li> <p><a class="existingWikiWord" href="/nlab/show/bundle+of+spectra">bundle of spectra</a></p> </li> <li> <p><a class="existingWikiWord" href="/nlab/show/natural+bundle">natural bundle</a></p> </li> <li> <p><a class="existingWikiWord" href="/nlab/show/equivariant+bundle">equivariant bundle</a></p> </li> </ul> <h2 id="sidebar_universal_bundles">Universal bundles</h2> <ul> <li> <p><a class="existingWikiWord" href="/nlab/show/universal+principal+bundle">universal principal bundle</a>, <a class="existingWikiWord" href="/nlab/show/universal+principal+%E2%88%9E-bundle">universal principal ∞-bundle</a></p> </li> <li> <p><a class="existingWikiWord" href="/nlab/show/universal+vector+bundle">universal vector bundle</a>, <a class="existingWikiWord" href="/nlab/show/universal+complex+line+bundle">universal complex line bundle</a></p> </li> <li> <p><a class="existingWikiWord" href="/nlab/show/subobject+classifier">subobject classifier</a>, <a class="existingWikiWord" href="/nlab/show/object+classifier">object classifier</a></p> </li> </ul> <h2 id="sidebar_presentations">Presentations</h2> <ul> <li> <p><a class="existingWikiWord" href="/nlab/show/bundle+gerbe">bundle gerbe</a></p> </li> <li> <p><a class="existingWikiWord" href="/nlab/show/groupal+model+for+universal+principal+%E2%88%9E-bundles">groupal model for universal principal ∞-bundles</a></p> </li> <li> <p><a class="existingWikiWord" href="/nlab/show/microbundle">microbundle</a></p> </li> </ul> <h2 id="sidebar_examples">Examples</h2> <ul> <li> <p><a class="existingWikiWord" href="/nlab/show/empty+bundle">empty bundle</a>, <a class="existingWikiWord" href="/nlab/show/zero+bundle">zero bundle</a></p> </li> <li> <p><a class="existingWikiWord" href="/nlab/show/trivial+vector+bundle">trivial vector bundle</a></p> </li> <li> <p><a class="existingWikiWord" href="/nlab/show/tangent+bundle">tangent bundle</a>, <a class="existingWikiWord" href="/nlab/show/normal+bundle">normal bundle</a></p> </li> <li> <p><a class="existingWikiWord" href="/nlab/show/tautological+line+bundle">tautological line bundle</a></p> <ul> <li><a class="existingWikiWord" href="/nlab/show/basic+line+bundle+on+the+2-sphere">basic line bundle on the 2-sphere</a></li> </ul> </li> <li> <p><a class="existingWikiWord" href="/nlab/show/Hopf+fibration">Hopf fibration</a></p> </li> <li> <p><a class="existingWikiWord" href="/nlab/show/canonical+line+bundle">canonical line bundle</a></p> </li> <li> <p><a class="existingWikiWord" href="/nlab/show/prequantum+circle+bundle">prequantum circle bundle</a>, <a class="existingWikiWord" href="/nlab/show/prequantum+circle+n-bundle">prequantum circle n-bundle</a></p> </li> </ul> <h2 id="sidebar_constructions">Constructions</h2> <ul> <li><a class="existingWikiWord" href="/nlab/show/clutching+construction">clutching construction</a></li> </ul> </div></div> <h4 id="linear_algebra">Linear algebra</h4> <div class="hide"><div> <p><strong><a class="existingWikiWord" href="/nlab/show/homotopy+theory">homotopy theory</a>, <a class="existingWikiWord" href="/nlab/show/%28%E2%88%9E%2C1%29-category+theory">(∞,1)-category theory</a>, <a class="existingWikiWord" href="/nlab/show/homotopy+type+theory">homotopy type theory</a></strong></p> <p>flavors: <a class="existingWikiWord" href="/nlab/show/stable+homotopy+theory">stable</a>, <a class="existingWikiWord" href="/nlab/show/equivariant+homotopy+theory">equivariant</a>, <a class="existingWikiWord" href="/nlab/show/rational+homotopy+theory">rational</a>, <a class="existingWikiWord" href="/nlab/show/p-adic+homotopy+theory">p-adic</a>, <a class="existingWikiWord" href="/nlab/show/proper+homotopy+theory">proper</a>, <a class="existingWikiWord" href="/nlab/show/geometric+homotopy+theory">geometric</a>, <a class="existingWikiWord" href="/nlab/show/cohesive+homotopy+theory">cohesive</a>, <a class="existingWikiWord" href="/nlab/show/directed+homotopy+theory">directed</a>…</p> <p>models: <a class="existingWikiWord" href="/nlab/show/topological+homotopy+theory">topological</a>, <a class="existingWikiWord" href="/nlab/show/simplicial+homotopy+theory">simplicial</a>, <a class="existingWikiWord" href="/nlab/show/localic+homotopy+theory">localic</a>, …</p> <p>see also <strong><a class="existingWikiWord" href="/nlab/show/algebraic+topology">algebraic topology</a></strong></p> <p><strong>Introductions</strong></p> <ul> <li> <p><a class="existingWikiWord" href="/nlab/show/Introduction+to+Topology+--+2">Introduction to Basic Homotopy Theory</a></p> </li> <li> <p><a class="existingWikiWord" href="/nlab/show/Introduction+to+Homotopy+Theory">Introduction to Abstract Homotopy Theory</a></p> </li> <li> <p><a class="existingWikiWord" href="/nlab/show/geometry+of+physics+--+homotopy+types">geometry of physics – homotopy types</a></p> </li> </ul> <p><strong>Definitions</strong></p> <ul> <li> <p><a class="existingWikiWord" href="/nlab/show/homotopy">homotopy</a>, <a class="existingWikiWord" href="/nlab/show/higher+homotopy">higher homotopy</a></p> </li> <li> <p><a class="existingWikiWord" href="/nlab/show/homotopy+type">homotopy type</a></p> </li> <li> <p><a class="existingWikiWord" href="/nlab/show/Pi-algebra">Pi-algebra</a>, <a class="existingWikiWord" href="/nlab/show/spherical+object+and+Pi%28A%29-algebra">spherical object and Pi(A)-algebra</a></p> </li> <li> <p><a class="existingWikiWord" href="/nlab/show/homotopy+coherent+category+theory">homotopy coherent category theory</a></p> <ul> <li> <p><a class="existingWikiWord" href="/nlab/show/homotopical+category">homotopical category</a></p> <ul> <li> <p><a class="existingWikiWord" href="/nlab/show/model+category">model category</a></p> </li> <li> <p><a class="existingWikiWord" href="/nlab/show/category+of+fibrant+objects">category of fibrant objects</a>, <a class="existingWikiWord" href="/nlab/show/cofibration+category">cofibration category</a></p> </li> <li> <p><a class="existingWikiWord" href="/nlab/show/Waldhausen+category">Waldhausen category</a></p> </li> </ul> </li> <li> <p><a class="existingWikiWord" href="/nlab/show/homotopy+category">homotopy category</a></p> <ul> <li><a class="existingWikiWord" href="/nlab/show/Ho%28Top%29">Ho(Top)</a></li> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li> <p><a class="existingWikiWord" href="/nlab/show/%28%E2%88%9E%2C1%29-category">(∞,1)-category</a></p> <ul> <li><a class="existingWikiWord" href="/nlab/show/homotopy+category+of+an+%28%E2%88%9E%2C1%29-category">homotopy category of an (∞,1)-category</a></li> </ul> </li> </ul> <p><strong>Paths and cylinders</strong></p> <ul> <li> <p><a class="existingWikiWord" href="/nlab/show/left+homotopy">left homotopy</a></p> <ul> <li> <p><a class="existingWikiWord" href="/nlab/show/cylinder+object">cylinder object</a></p> </li> <li> <p><a class="existingWikiWord" href="/nlab/show/mapping+cone">mapping cone</a></p> </li> </ul> </li> <li> <p><a class="existingWikiWord" href="/nlab/show/right+homotopy">right homotopy</a></p> <ul> <li> <p><a class="existingWikiWord" href="/nlab/show/path+object">path object</a></p> </li> <li> <p><a class="existingWikiWord" href="/nlab/show/mapping+cocone">mapping cocone</a></p> </li> <li> <p><a class="existingWikiWord" href="/nlab/show/generalized+universal+bundle">universal bundle</a></p> </li> </ul> </li> <li> <p><a class="existingWikiWord" href="/nlab/show/interval+object">interval object</a></p> <ul> <li> <p><a class="existingWikiWord" href="/nlab/show/homotopy+localization">homotopy localization</a></p> </li> <li> <p><a class="existingWikiWord" href="/nlab/show/infinitesimal+interval+object">infinitesimal interval object</a></p> </li> </ul> </li> </ul> <p><strong>Homotopy groups</strong></p> <ul> <li> <p><a class="existingWikiWord" href="/nlab/show/homotopy+group">homotopy group</a></p> <ul> <li> <p><a class="existingWikiWord" href="/nlab/show/fundamental+group">fundamental group</a></p> <ul> <li><a class="existingWikiWord" href="/nlab/show/fundamental+group+of+a+topos">fundamental group of a topos</a></li> </ul> </li> <li> <p><a class="existingWikiWord" href="/nlab/show/Brown-Grossman+homotopy+group">Brown-Grossman homotopy group</a></p> </li> <li> <p><a class="existingWikiWord" href="/nlab/show/categorical+homotopy+groups+in+an+%28%E2%88%9E%2C1%29-topos">categorical homotopy groups in an (∞,1)-topos</a></p> </li> <li> <p><a class="existingWikiWord" href="/nlab/show/geometric+homotopy+groups+in+an+%28%E2%88%9E%2C1%29-topos">geometric homotopy groups in an (∞,1)-topos</a></p> </li> </ul> </li> <li> <p><a class="existingWikiWord" href="/nlab/show/fundamental+%E2%88%9E-groupoid">fundamental ∞-groupoid</a></p> <ul> <li> <p><a class="existingWikiWord" href="/nlab/show/fundamental+groupoid">fundamental groupoid</a></p> <ul> <li><a class="existingWikiWord" href="/nlab/show/path+groupoid">path groupoid</a></li> </ul> </li> <li> <p><a class="existingWikiWord" href="/nlab/show/fundamental+%E2%88%9E-groupoid+in+a+locally+%E2%88%9E-connected+%28%E2%88%9E%2C1%29-topos">fundamental ∞-groupoid in a locally ∞-connected (∞,1)-topos</a></p> </li> <li> <p><a class="existingWikiWord" href="/nlab/show/fundamental+%E2%88%9E-groupoid+of+a+locally+%E2%88%9E-connected+%28%E2%88%9E%2C1%29-topos">fundamental ∞-groupoid of a locally ∞-connected (∞,1)-topos</a></p> </li> </ul> </li> <li> <p><a class="existingWikiWord" href="/nlab/show/fundamental+%28%E2%88%9E%2C1%29-category">fundamental (∞,1)-category</a></p> <ul> <li><a class="existingWikiWord" href="/nlab/show/fundamental+category">fundamental category</a></li> </ul> </li> </ul> <p><strong>Basic facts</strong></p> <ul> <li><a class="existingWikiWord" href="/nlab/show/fundamental+group+of+the+circle+is+the+integers">fundamental group of the circle is the integers</a></li> </ul> <p><strong>Theorems</strong></p> <ul> <li> <p><a class="existingWikiWord" href="/nlab/show/fundamental+theorem+of+covering+spaces">fundamental theorem of covering spaces</a></p> </li> <li> <p><a class="existingWikiWord" href="/nlab/show/Freudenthal+suspension+theorem">Freudenthal suspension theorem</a></p> </li> <li> <p><a class="existingWikiWord" href="/nlab/show/Blakers-Massey+theorem">Blakers-Massey theorem</a></p> </li> <li> <p><a class="existingWikiWord" href="/nlab/show/higher+homotopy+van+Kampen+theorem">higher homotopy van Kampen theorem</a></p> </li> <li> <p><a class="existingWikiWord" href="/nlab/show/nerve+theorem">nerve theorem</a></p> </li> <li> <p><a class="existingWikiWord" href="/nlab/show/Whitehead%27s+theorem">Whitehead's theorem</a></p> </li> <li> <p><a class="existingWikiWord" href="/nlab/show/Hurewicz+theorem">Hurewicz theorem</a></p> </li> <li> <p><a class="existingWikiWord" href="/nlab/show/Galois+theory">Galois theory</a></p> </li> <li> <p><a class="existingWikiWord" href="/nlab/show/homotopy+hypothesis">homotopy hypothesis</a>-theorem</p> </li> </ul> </div></div> </div> </div> <h1 id="contents">Contents</h1> <div class='maruku_toc'> <ul> <li><a href='#idea'>Idea</a></li> <li><a href='#examples'>Examples</a></li> <li><a href='#related_concepts'>Related concepts</a></li> <li><a href='#related_concepts_2'>Related concepts</a></li> </ul> </div> <h2 id="idea">Idea</h2> <p>Given a <a class="existingWikiWord" href="/nlab/show/vector+bundle">vector bundle</a>, its <em>dual</em> is the vector bundle obtained by passing <a href="topological+vector+bundle#FiberwiseOperations">fiber-wise</a> to the <a class="existingWikiWord" href="/nlab/show/dual+vector+space">dual vector space</a>.</p> <h2 id="examples">Examples</h2> <ul> <li>Given a <a class="existingWikiWord" href="/nlab/show/smooth+manifold">smooth manifold</a> <math xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" display="inline" class="maruku-mathml"><semantics><mrow><mi>X</mi></mrow><annotation encoding="application/x-tex">X</annotation></semantics></math> with <a class="existingWikiWord" href="/nlab/show/tangent+bundle">tangent bundle</a> <math xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" display="inline" class="maruku-mathml"><semantics><mrow><mi>T</mi><mi>X</mi></mrow><annotation encoding="application/x-tex">T X</annotation></semantics></math>, the dual vector bundle is the <a class="existingWikiWord" href="/nlab/show/cotangent+bundle">cotangent bundle</a> <math xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" display="inline" class="maruku-mathml"><semantics><mrow><msup><mi>T</mi> <mo>*</mo></msup><mi>X</mi></mrow><annotation encoding="application/x-tex">T^\ast X</annotation></semantics></math>.</li> </ul> <div class="num_prop" id="FinitrRankBundleHomomorphismIsSectionOfTensorProductWithDual"> <h6 id="proposition">Proposition</h6> <p>Let <math xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" display="inline" class="maruku-mathml"><semantics><mrow><mi>X</mi></mrow><annotation encoding="application/x-tex">X</annotation></semantics></math> be a <a class="existingWikiWord" href="/nlab/show/topological+space">topological space</a> and let <math xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" display="inline" class="maruku-mathml"><semantics><mrow><msub><mi>E</mi> <mi>i</mi></msub><mover><mo>→</mo><mrow><msub><mi>p</mi> <mi>i</mi></msub></mrow></mover><mi>X</mi></mrow><annotation encoding="application/x-tex">E_i \overset{p_i}{\to} X</annotation></semantics></math> be two <a class="existingWikiWord" href="/nlab/show/topological+vector+bundles">topological vector bundles</a> over <math xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" display="inline" class="maruku-mathml"><semantics><mrow><mi>X</mi></mrow><annotation encoding="application/x-tex">X</annotation></semantics></math>, of <a class="existingWikiWord" href="/nlab/show/finite+number">finite</a> <a class="existingWikiWord" href="/nlab/show/rank+of+a+vector+bundle">rank of a vector bundle</a>. Then a <a class="existingWikiWord" href="/nlab/show/homomorphism">homomorphism</a> of vector bundles</p> <div class="maruku-equation"><math xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" display="block" class="maruku-mathml"><semantics><mrow><mi>f</mi><mspace width="thickmathspace"></mspace><mo lspace="verythinmathspace">:</mo><mspace width="thickmathspace"></mspace><msub><mi>E</mi> <mn>1</mn></msub><mo>→</mo><msub><mi>E</mi> <mn>2</mn></msub></mrow><annotation encoding="application/x-tex"> f \;\colon\; E_1 \rightarrow E_2 </annotation></semantics></math></div> <p>is equivalently a <a class="existingWikiWord" href="/nlab/show/section">section</a> of the <a class="existingWikiWord" href="/nlab/show/tensor+product+of+vector+bundles">tensor product of vector bundles</a> of <math xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" display="inline" class="maruku-mathml"><semantics><mrow><msub><mi>E</mi> <mn>2</mn></msub></mrow><annotation encoding="application/x-tex">E_2</annotation></semantics></math> with the dual vector bundle of <math xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" display="inline" class="maruku-mathml"><semantics><mrow><msub><mi>E</mi> <mn>1</mn></msub></mrow><annotation encoding="application/x-tex">E_1</annotation></semantics></math>.</p> <div class="maruku-equation"><math xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" display="block" class="maruku-mathml"><semantics><mrow><msub><mi>Hom</mi> <mrow><mi>Vect</mi><mo stretchy="false">(</mo><mi>X</mi><mo stretchy="false">)</mo></mrow></msub><mo stretchy="false">(</mo><msub><mi>E</mi> <mn>1</mn></msub><mo>,</mo><msub><mi>E</mi> <mn>2</mn></msub><mo stretchy="false">)</mo><mspace width="thickmathspace"></mspace><mo>≃</mo><mspace width="thickmathspace"></mspace><msub><mi>Γ</mi> <mi>X</mi></msub><mo stretchy="false">(</mo><msubsup><mi>E</mi> <mn>1</mn> <mo>*</mo></msubsup><msub><mo>⊗</mo> <mi>X</mi></msub><msub><mi>E</mi> <mn>2</mn></msub><mo stretchy="false">)</mo><mspace width="thinmathspace"></mspace><mo>.</mo></mrow><annotation encoding="application/x-tex"> Hom_{Vect(X)}(E_1, E_2) \;\simeq\; \Gamma_X( E_1^\ast \otimes_X E_2 ) \,. </annotation></semantics></math></div> <p>Moreover, this section is a trivializing section (<a href="topological+vector+bundle#FiberwiseLinearlyIndependentSectionsTrivialize">this example</a>) precisely if the corresponding morphism is an <a class="existingWikiWord" href="/nlab/show/isomorphism">isomorphism</a>.</p> </div> <h2 id="related_concepts">Related concepts</h2> <ul> <li> <p><a class="existingWikiWord" href="/nlab/show/direct+sum+of+vector+bundles">direct sum of vector bundles</a></p> </li> <li> <p><a class="existingWikiWord" href="/nlab/show/tensor+product+of+vector+bundles">tensor product of vector bundles</a>, <a class="existingWikiWord" href="/nlab/show/external+tensor+product+of+vector+bundles">external tensor product of vector bundles</a></p> </li> <li> <p><a class="existingWikiWord" href="/nlab/show/tensor+category">tensor category</a></p> </li> </ul> <h2 id="related_concepts_2">Related concepts</h2> <ul> <li><a class="existingWikiWord" href="/nlab/show/Max+Karoubi">Max Karoubi</a>, §4.8 in: <em>K-Theory – An introduction</em>, Grundlehren der mathematischen Wissenschaften <strong>226</strong> Springer (1978) [<a href="https://webusers.imj-prg.fr/~max.karoubi/K.book/MK.book.pdf">pdf</a>, <a href="https://link.springer.com/book/10.1007%2F978-3-540-79890-3">doi:10.1007%2F978-3-540-79890-3</a>]</li> </ul> </body></html> </div> <div class="revisedby"> <p> Last revised on May 17, 2023 at 10:08:02. 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