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Chern class

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Etymology

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Introduced by Shiing-Shen Chern (1946).

Noun

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Chern class (plural Chern classes)

  1. (mathematics, topology, geometry) Any of a group of characteristic classes associated with complex vector bundles, with applications in physics, string theory, etc.
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