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Math 6510 • Differentiable Manifolds

Spring 2008 • Question 10

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Math 6510 • Differentiable Manifolds Spring 2008 • Question 10

Prove that the map \(h:S^3\to \mathbb {C}P^1\) given by \(h(x,y)=[x:y]\) is a fiber bundle. Here, \(S^3\) is the unit sphere \(|x|^2+|y|^2=1\) in \(\mathbb {C}^2\).

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Prove that the map \(h:S^3\to\mathbb{C}P^1\) given by \(h(x,y)=[x:y]\) is a
fiber bundle. Here, \(S^3\) is the unit sphere \(|x|^2+|y|^2=1\) in \(\C^2\).

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Tangent Bundles and Vector Bundles