English Explanatory Dictionary

Chern class

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. Any of a group of characteristic classes associated with complex vector bundles, with applications in physics, string theory, etc.

Word forms

Chern class Chern classes

Etymology

Introduced by Shiing-Shen Chern (1946).

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