first Chern class

GPTKB entity

Statements (33)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:mathematical_concept
gptkbp:appliesTo complex vector bundles
gptkbp:codomain second cohomology group
gptkbp:field gptkb:algebraic_geometry
gptkb:topology
differential geometry
gptkbp:generalizes gptkb:Euler_class_for_complex_line_bundles
gptkbp:heldBy a topological invariant
the determinant of the transition functions of a line bundle
additive under direct sum of bundles
an element of H^2(X, Z) for a space X
an invariant under bundle isomorphism
the curvature form in Chern-Weil theory
the degree of a line bundle over a Riemann surface
the divisor class in algebraic geometry
the first element in the sequence of Chern classes
the obstruction to a line bundle being trivial
an obstruction to the existence of nonvanishing sections
zero for trivial bundle
multiplicative under tensor product of line bundles
the first Stiefel-Whitney class for real bundles modulo 2
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label first Chern class
gptkbp:namedAfter gptkb:Shiing-Shen_Chern
gptkbp:notation c₁
gptkbp:usedIn gptkb:Riemann-Roch_theorem
gptkb:characteristic_classes
intersection theory
algebraic cycles
complex manifolds
vector bundle theory
classification of line bundles
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Chern_classes
gptkbp:bfsLayer 6