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§ Vector Bundles and K Theory, 1.1

created 2023-05-19
  • We define a sphere (in 3D) by all points with distance 111 from the original. Call this MMM.
  • The tangent plane TpM≡{v∣v⊥p}T_p M \equiv \{ v | v \perp p \}Tp​M≡{v∣v⊥p}.
  • Define TM≡∪x∈MTMTM \equiv \cup_{x \in M} T_MTM≡∪x∈M​TM​
  • We have a projection map ppp from TM→MTM \to MTM→M which sends the point (x,v)(x, v)(x,v) to xxx.
  • for a point x∈Xx \in Xx∈X, we define U(x)U(x)U(x) to be the hemisphere with apex xxx. This is the portion of the sphere on one side of the hyperplane that is perpendicular to xxx.
  • We want a map p−1(U(x))p^{-1}(U(x))p−1(U(x)) to U(x)×p−1(x)U(x) \times p^{-1}(x)U(x)×p−1(x). The right hand is the same as U(x)×TxM×{x}U(x) \times T_x M \times \{ x \}U(x)×Tx​M×{x}, which is the same as U(x)×TxMU(x) \times T_x MU(x)×Tx​M.
  • for a given (y,v)∈TM(y, v) \in TM(y,v)∈TM, that is, for a given v∈TyMv \in T_y Mv∈Ty​M, we map it to U(x)×TxMU(x) \times T_x MU(x)×Tx​M by sending y↦y∈U(x)y \mapsto y \in U(x)y↦y∈U(x), and by orthogonally projecting the vector v∈TyMv \in T_y Mv∈Ty​M onto the tangent plane TxMT_x MTx​M.
  • Intuitively, we keep the point yyy the same, and map the tangent plane TyT_yTy​ to its orthogonal projection onto TxT_xTx​.
  • Since we know the basepoint yyy, it is clear that we can reconstruct the projection operator from TyT_yTy​ to TxT_xTx​, and that this operator is linear and surjective, and thus invertible.
  • This shows us that what we have is really a fiber bundle, since we can locally straighten the p−1(U(x))p^{-1}(U(x))p−1(U(x)) into the trivial bundle.
  • Proof?
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