Fiber bundle
Definition
Let , and be topological spaces, and let be a continuous surjection. The quadruple is a fiber bundle if the following holds. Every point has an open neighbourhood and a homeomorphism such that on , where is the first projection. Such a pair is a local trivialization. The spaces , and are the total space, the base and the fiber, and is the projection.
Remarks
For any spaces and , the product with is a fiber bundle, the trivial bundle; one trivialization over suffices. The Möbius band is a fiber bundle over the circle with fiber that is not trivial.
Non-example: let and , so . The preimage of is a line, while the preimage of each is a single point. A local trivialization around would make all preimages near homeomorphic to the same , which is impossible.
Each fiber is homeomorphic to . A smooth fiber bundle uses smooth manifolds, a smooth submersion and diffeomorphisms . The notation is common.
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| Tag | 4RK8T21D27 |
|---|---|
| URI | m2://4RK8T21D27 |
| Kind | definition |
| Writing | W0 stub |
| MSC | 55R10 |
| Defines | Fiber bundle |
| Uses | Topological space, Continuous function, Homeomorphism |
| Changed | 2 November 2026 |
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