Inhaltsbereich
Prof. D. Kotschick: Characteristic Classes
- Time and place: Tue 10-12, B 132 and Wed 10-12, A 027
- Exercises: Wed 18-20 Uhr, B 252
- Seminar: The lecture course is supplemented by a Seminar on K-Theory.
- Contents: Vector bundles, classification, characteristic classes, obstruction theory, geometric applications.
- For: Students of mathematics and/or physics.
- Prerequisites: Basic topology, including cohomology.
- Literature:
The main sources are the following two books:
A. Hatcher: Vector Bundles and K-Theory
J. W. Milnor and J. D. Stasheff: Characteristic classes,
Princeton University Press 1974
