Generalities on bundles

Some definitions and facts:

π:E⟶M,

see @saunders1989geometry page 2.
By the canonical submersion theorem, we can use in E adapted coordinate systems, that is, if dim(E)=q+p and dim(M)=q we can use in E coordinates

(xi,ua):U⊆E⟶Rq+p; i=1…q,a=1…p

such that for a,b∈U with π(a)=π(b) we have

xi(a)=xi(b) tp:π−1(Wp)⟶Wp×Fp

a diffeomorphism such that

pr1∘tp=π|π−1(Wp)

It can be shown that Fp is always the same, let's say F (see @saunders1989geometry page 7), and is called the typical fibre.


Alternative approach: the G-bundles.

Special type of bundle: natural bundles.