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Continuous Alexander-Spanier cohomology classifies principal bundles with Abelian structure group. (English) Zbl 0891.55004

The authors prove that Alexander-Spanier cohomology \(H^n(X;G)\) with coefficients in a topological Abelian group \(G\) is isomorphic to the group of isomorphism classes of principal bundles with certain Abelian structure groups. The result holds if either \(X\) is a CW-space and \(G\) arbitrary or if \(X\) is metrizable or compact Hausdorff and \(G\) an ANR.

MSC:

55N05 Čech types
55R15 Classification of fiber spaces or bundles in algebraic topology
55U10 Simplicial sets and complexes in algebraic topology