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Betounes, David

Kaluza-Klein geometry. (English) Zbl 0784.53047

Differ. Geom. Appl. 1, No. 2, 77-88 (1991).
Summary: We formulate a Kaluza-Klein theory in terms of short exact sequences of vector bundles.

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MSC:

53Z05 Applications of differential geometry to physics
83E15 Kaluza-Klein and other higher-dimensional theories
53C05 Connections (general theory)

Keywords:

Kaluza-Klein theories; Einstein-Yang-Mills fields; extended gravity; gauge fields; connections; fiber bundles; principal fiber bundles; short exact sequences of vector bundles; adjoint bundle sequence
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