Induced map on associated bundles
How a principal bundle morphism induces a map between associated bundles.
Induced map on associated bundles
Let and be principal G-bundles . A principal bundle morphism consists of a smooth map smooth map and a smooth map such that
Let and be left -spaces, and let be -equivariant.
Construction. Define
This is well-defined (independent of the representative ) and is a smooth bundle map covering :
When and , one gets the induced map on a fixed associated bundle functorially from .
Examples
- (Pullback trivialization maps) If and , then a gauge transformation induces a bundle automorphism of any associated bundle by .
- (Vector bundle case) For and linear -spaces, a -equivariant linear map yields a vector bundle morphism covering .
- (Adjoint functoriality) Taking with conjugation and gives a morphism of adjoint bundles induced from any principal bundle morphism.