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In differential geometry, a spin structure on an orientable Riemannian manifold (''M'',''g'') allows one to define associated spinor bundles, giving rise to the notion of a spinor in differential geometry. Spin structures have wide applications to mathematical physics, in particular to quantum field theory where they are an essential ingredient in the definition of any theory with uncharged fermions. They are also of purely mathematical interest in differential geometry, algebraic topology, and K theory. They form the foundation for spin geometry. ==Introduction== In geometry and in field theory, mathematicians ask whether or not a given oriented Riemannian manifold (''M'',''g'') admits spinors. One method for dealing with this problem is to require that ''M'' has a spin structure. This is not always possible since there is potentially a topological obstruction to the existence of spin structures. Spin structures will exist if and only if the second Stiefel–Whitney class ''w''2(''M'') ∈ H2(''M'', Z2) of ''M'' vanishes. Furthermore, if ''w''2(''M'') = 0, then the set of the isomorphism classes of spin structures on ''M'' is acted upon freely and transitively by H1(''M'', Z2) . As the manifold ''M'' is assumed to be oriented, the first Stiefel–Whitney class ''w''1(''M'') ∈ H1(''M'', Z2) of ''M'' vanishes too. (The Stiefel–Whitney classes ''wi''(''M'') ∈ H''i''(''M'', Z2) of a manifold ''M'' are defined to be the Stiefel–Whitney classes of its tangent bundle ''TM''.) The bundle of spinors π''S'': ''S'' → ''M'' over ''M'' is then the complex vector bundle associated with the corresponding principal bundle πP: P → ''M'' of spin frames over ''M'' and the spin representation of its structure group Spin(''n'') on the space of spinors Δ''n''. The bundle ''S'' is called the spinor bundle for a given spin structure on ''M''. A precise definition of spin structure on manifold was possible only after the notion of fiber bundle had been introduced; André Haefliger (1956) found the topological obstruction to the existence of a spin structure on an orientable Riemannian manifold and Max Karoubi (1968) extended this result to the non-orientable pseudo-Riemannian case. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Spin structure」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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