An introduction to the study of characteristic classes

• Grant number: 19/08479-0
• Support Opportunities: Scholarships in Brazil - Scientific Initiation
• Start date: July 01, 2019
• End date: December 31, 2019
• Field of knowledge: Physical Sciences and Mathematics - Mathematics - Geometry and Topology
• Principal Investigator: Nivaldo de Góes Grulha Júnior
• Grantee: Edmundo Bernardo de Castro Martins
• Host Institution: Instituto de Ciências Matemáticas e de Computação (ICMC). Universidade de São Paulo (USP). São Carlos , SP, Brazil

Abstract

The goal of this project is to introduce the applicant to the study of characteristic classes: an important set of invariants used in the study and classification of fibre bundles and smooth manifolds.