Charles Ehresmann's concepts in differential geometry
Volume 76 / 2007
Banach Center Publications 76 (2007), 35-50
MSC: Primary 53C05; Secondary 58A20, 58H05.
DOI: 10.4064/bc76-0-2
Abstract
We outline some of the tools C. Ehresmann introduced in Differential Geometry (fiber bundles, connections, jets, groupoids, pseudogroups). We emphasize two aspects of C. Ehresmann's works: use of Cartan notations for the theory of connections and semi-holonomic jets.
