A Remark on Chern-Weil Theory
Differential Geometry
2012-05-29 v1
Abstract
We show that Chern-Weil theory for tensor bundles over manifolds is a consequence of the existence of natural closed differential forms on total spaces of torsion free connections on frame bundles.
Cite
@article{arxiv.1205.6032,
title = {A Remark on Chern-Weil Theory},
author = {P. I. Katsylo},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1205.6032},
year = {2012}
}