nLab
fiber
Given a bundle and a global element , the fibre or fiber of over is simply the pullback
\array { E_x & \to & E \\
\downarrow & & \downarrow_p \\
1 & \stackrel{x}\to & B
}
if it exists.
In a fiber bundle, all fibres are isomorphic to some standard fibre in a coherent way.
Revised on September 18, 2009 13:11:00
by
Jon Awbrey
(12.75.20.52)