Pullback bundle
Consider a fiber bundle with
- A total space
, - A base space
, - A projection map
, - A typical fiber
(all fibers are homeomorphic to ),
Suppose you have a continuous map
Definition
The pullback bundle
So it’s a subset of
This comes with:
- A projection
given by , - A map to the original total space:
, .
Remark
The fiber of
So each fiber in the pullback is just a copy of the fiber over
Remark
The map
Example
Let’s say:
, and you have a Möbius bundle over it, is a map like (a double covering),
Then the pullback of the Möbius bundle via
Related: pullback connection.