Gauss-Bonnet-Chern theorem and differential characters (Q2407002)

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    Gauss-Bonnet-Chern theorem and differential characters
    scientific article; zbMATH DE number 6785714

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      Gauss-Bonnet-Chern theorem and differential characters (English)
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      4 October 2017
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      In this paper, the author first proves that every differential character can be represented by a differential form with singularities. Then, he lifts the Gauss-Bonnet-Chern theorem for vector bundles to differential characters.
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      Mathai-Quillen's Thom form
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      Gauss-Bonnet-Chern theorem
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      Cheeger-Simons differential characters
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