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The discussion centers around the Toy Principle Bundle and the importance of maintaining a separate thread for comments to avoid distracting from the main topic. Participants express appreciation for the tutorial on principal bundles, indicating its utility in understanding the subject. The contributor plans to reference key texts, specifically Nash & Sen and Nakahara, to ensure accuracy in their explanations. Additionally, there is a noted preference for the American spelling of "fiber" over "fibre" in the context of fiber bundles.

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  • Investigate the differences between "fiber" and "fibre" in mathematical literature
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As I said on the Toy Bundle thread, I want to keep the comments about than development over here, so the "didactic flow" of the main thread won't be interrupted with material that, however well taken, is distracting to readers. Thank you for your consideration.
 
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Having a separate thread for comments is a good idea and hopefully all will respect the partition. Also principal bundle seems to be a really useful construct, so its great to have a tutorial on it!
 
I'll do the next post tomorrow. I really want to have this correct, and I'm checking Nash & Sen and Nakahara on the connection 1-form.

BTW, all the books say "fibre" bundles. But I learned "fiber" spaces in Algebraic Topology all those moons ago, and I am going to stick with the US spelling.
 

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