Dual bundle

Dual bundle

In mathematics, the dual bundle of a vector bundle π : E → X is a vector bundle π* : E* → X whose fibers are the dual spaces to the fibers of E. The dual bundle can be constructed using the associated bundle construction by taking the dual representation of the structure group.

Specifically, given a local trivialization of E with transition functions tij, a local trivialization of E* is given by the same open cover of X with transition functions tij* = (tijT)−1 (the inverse of the transpose). The dual bundle E* is then constructed using the fiber bundle construction theorem.

For example, the dual to the tangent bundle of a differentiable manifold is the cotangent bundle.

If the base space X is paracompact and Hausdorff then a finite-rank vector bundle E and its dual E* are isomorphic as vector bundles. However, just as for vector spaces, there is no canonical choice of isomorphism unless E is equipped with an inner product.


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