Natural bundles have finite order

DOI10.1016/0040-9383(77)90008-8zbMath0359.58004OpenAlexW2026186637MaRDI QIDQ1238543

Richard S. Palais, Chun-Lian Terng

Publication date: 1977

Published in: Topology (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1016/0040-9383(77)90008-8

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Jets in global analysis (58A20) (G)-structures (53C10) Fiber bundles in algebraic topology (55R10) Abstract manifolds and fiber bundles (category-theoretic aspects) (18F15)

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