Principal Bundles: The Classical Case

Thisintroductorygraduateleveltextprovidesarelativelyquickpathtoaspecialtopicinclassical differentialgeometry:principalbundles. Whilethetopicofprincipalbundlesindifferentialgeometryhasbecomeclassic,evenstandard,materialinthemoderngraduatemathematicscurriculum,theuniqueapproachtakeninthistextpresentsthematerialinawaythatisintuitiveforbothstudentsofmathematicsandofphysics.Thegoalofthisbookistopresentimportant,moderngeometricideasinaformreadilyaccessibletostudentsandresearchersinboththephysicsandmathematicscommunities,providingeachwithanunderstandingandappreciationofthelanguageandideasoftheother.