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Curvature and Characteristic Classes: Physical Applications (12-16.9.2022)

 

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Vector bundles over differentiable manifolds is a mathematical setup for physical theories. In this series of lectures, we describe the calculation of the Chern and Pontrjagin classes of a vector bundle (E) over a differentiable manifold (M), in terms of the invariant polynomials of the matrix of the curvature 2-form of the bundle (F). Action integrals expressed in terms of the curvature 2-form of the bundle have topological lower bounds given by the characteristic classes of the bundle. We illustrate these situations for specific examples. The lectures are based on the book “Characteristic Classes” by Milnor and Stasheff. A working knowledge of differential forms is needed.
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Poster

Advisory Committee

  • Tekin Dereli
  • Şahin Koçak
  • Aybike Özer

Lecturers

  • Ayşe Hümeyra Bilge

Guest Speakers

  • Tekin Dereli (De Rham Cohomology and Conservation Laws in Maxwell Electrodynamics)
  • Aybike Özer (Complex manifolds, Courant algebroids and some applications in physics)

Place

Zoom (Meeting ID: 445 212 1335 & Passcode: 859992)

Program

  • 10-13 Lectures (online); 14-16 Presentation of student’s work

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