Differential cohomology (encyclopedia article)
Algebraic Topology
2024-11-15 v1 Mathematical Physics
math.MP
Abstract
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.
Cite
@article{arxiv.2312.14338,
title = {Differential cohomology (encyclopedia article)},
author = {Arun Debray},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2312.14338},
year = {2024}
}
Comments
20 pages, article for the Encyclopedia of Mathematical Physics, 2nd ed