Principal bundles, holonomy groups, and the Ambrose-Singer theorem

This thesis is devoted to review the theory of fiber bundles and principal bundles, and state and prove the Ambrose--Singer theorem. This result establishes the relationship between the holonomy group associated to a connection on a principal bundle and the curvature form of the connection. The theo...

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Autor: Villanova, Annamaria
Tipo de documento: dissertação
Data de publicação:2024
País:España
Recursos:Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya (UPC)
Repositório:UPCommons. Portal del coneixement obert de la UPC
Idioma:inglês
OAI Identifier:oai:upcommons.upc.edu:2117/416474
Acesso em linha:https://hdl.handle.net/2117/416474
Access Level:Acceso aberto
Palavra-chave:Lie groups
Lie algebras
Fiber bundles
Principal bundles
Connections
Holonomy
Ambrose--Singer theorem
Gauge and Yang--Mills theories
Lie, Grups de
Classificació AMS::22 Topological groups, lie groups::22E Lie groups
Àrees temàtiques de la UPC::Matemàtiques i estadística
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Resumo:This thesis is devoted to review the theory of fiber bundles and principal bundles, and state and prove the Ambrose--Singer theorem. This result establishes the relationship between the holonomy group associated to a connection on a principal bundle and the curvature form of the connection. The theory of connection forms in principal bundles has important applications in physics; in particular, in gauge and Yang--Mills theories.