De Rham cohomology is the cohomology of differential forms .This book offers a self-contained exposition to this subject and to the theory of characteristic classes form the curvature point of view. It requires no prior knowledge of the concepts of algebraic topology or cohomology. The first 10 chapters study cohomolgy of open set in Euclidean space,treat smooth manifolds and their cohomology and end with integration on manifolds.The last 11 chapters cover Morse theory,index of vector fields,Poincare duality,vector bundles,connections and curvature,Chern and Euler classes,and Thom isoorphism,and the book ends with the general Gauss-Bonnet theorem. The text includes well over 150 exercises,and gives the background necessary for the modern developments in gauge theory and geomtry in four dimensions ,but it also serves as an introductory course in algebraic topology. It will be invaluable to any one who wishes to know abou cohomology,curvature,and their applications.
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Preface Chapter 1 Introduction Chapter 2 The Alternating Algebra Chapter 3 de Rham Cohomology Chpater 4 Chain Complexes and their Cohomology Chpater 5 The Mayer-Vietoris Sequence Chpater 6 Homotopy Chpater 7 Applications of de Rham Cohomology Chpater 8 Smooth Manifolds Chapter 9 Differential Forms on Smoth Manifolds Chapter 10 Integration on Meanifolds Chapter 11 Degree,Linking Numbers and Index of Vector Fields Chapter 12 The Poincare-Hopf Theorem Chapter 13 Poincare Duality Chapter 14 The Complex Projective Space CPn Chapter 15 Fiber Bundles and Vector Bundles Chapter 16 Operations on Vector Bundles and their Sections Chapter 17 Connections and Curvature Chapter 18 Characteristic Classes of Complex Vector Bundles Chapter 19 The Euler Class Chapter 20 Cohomology of Projective and Grassmannian Bundles Chapter 21 Thom Isomorphism and the General Gauss-Bonnet Formula Appendix A Smooth Partition of Unity Appendix B Invariant Polynomials Appendix C Proof of Lemmas 12.12and 12.13 Appendix D Exericises References Index