Differential cohomology (encyclopedia article)

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Main Author: Debray, Arun
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contents We give an overview of differential cohomology from the point of view of algebraic topology. This includes a survey of several different definitions of differential cohomology groups, a discussion of differential characteristic classes, an introduction to differential generalized cohomology theory, and some applications in physics.
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spellingShingle Differential cohomology (encyclopedia article)
Debray, Arun
Algebraic Topology
Mathematical Physics
We give an overview of differential cohomology from the point of view of algebraic topology. This includes a survey of several different definitions of differential cohomology groups, a discussion of differential characteristic classes, an introduction to differential generalized cohomology theory, and some applications in physics.
title Differential cohomology (encyclopedia article)
topic Algebraic Topology
Mathematical Physics
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2312.14338