Tensor product bundle

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In differential geometry, the tensor product of vector bundles E, F is a vector bundle, denoted by E ? F, whose fiber over a point x is the tensor product of vector spaces E_x ? F_x.

Example: If O is a trivial line bundle, then E ? O = E for any E.

Example: E ? E ^* is canonically isomorphic to the endomorphism bundle End(E), where E ^* is the dual bundle of E.

Example: A line bundle L has tensor inverse: in fact, L ? L ^* is (isomorphic to) a trivial bundle by the previous example, as End(L) is trivial. Thus, the set of the isomorphism classes of all line bundles on some topological space X forms an abelian group called the Picard group of X.

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One can also define a symmetric power and an exterior power of a vector bundle in a similar way. For example, a section of ${\displaystyle \Lambda ^{p}T^{*}M}$ is a differential p-form and a section of ${\displaystyle \Lambda ^{p}T^{*}M\otimes E}$ is a differential p-form with values in a vector bundle E.

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See also

• tensor product of modules

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Notes

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References

• Hatcher, Vector Bundles and K-Theory

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