Friday, 26 August 2011

reference request - Is every real vector bundle over the circle necessarily trivial?

In the spirit of Theo's comment, I'll say something about sufficient conditions.



A real vector bundle over the circle is trivial if and only if it is orientable. I discussed this a bit here.



The main point is that up to isomorphism, every real vector bundle over the circle is either trivial, or the Whitney sum of a trivial bundle with the Mobius bundle. The latter is not orientable.



The other answers at the question I linked to above may also be helpful to you.

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