On the geometry of Kaluza-Klein theories (Q1074891)
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On the geometry of Kaluza-Klein theories (English)
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1986
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The technical aspects of generalized Kaluza-Klein theories are simplified by considering the geometrical picture in terms of associated fibre bundles (when the internal space-time dimensions have the structure of a homogeneous space), a quotient space of a compact Lie group and a closed subgroup on it. Many of the heavy results in the physics literature are then simple.
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Kaluza-Klein theories
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fibre bundles
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