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Isomorphism of line bundles

It is useful to say that two line bundles $ L \to M, J \to M$ are isomorphic if there is a diffeomorphism map $ \varphi : L \to J $ such that $ \varphi(L_m) \subset J_m$ for every $ m \in M$ and such that the induced map $ \varphi\vert _{L_m} : L_{m} \to J_{m}$ is a linear isomorphism.

We define a line bundle $ L$ to be trivial if it is isomorphic to $ M \times
\mathbb{C}$ the trivial bundle. Any such isomorphism we call a trivialisation of $ L$.



Michael Murray
1998-09-16