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- Is the trivial fiber bundle of topological spaces the same as the product space ?
I've a doubt about the following: take the trivial fiber bundle of the base space ##B## and the fiber ##F## vs the product ##B \times F## of topological spaces ##B## and ##F##.
Are they really the same ?
As far as I can tell, in the trivial fiber bundle each fiber in the bundle in a distinct/separated copy of the topological space called "the fiber space" ##F##, whereas in the product ##B \times F## it is the same copy of ##F## that, let me say, enters multiple times in the product (i.e. all the copies of ##F## are actually identified).
Then, it's true that they are canonically identified, but that's another story....
Are they really the same ?
As far as I can tell, in the trivial fiber bundle each fiber in the bundle in a distinct/separated copy of the topological space called "the fiber space" ##F##, whereas in the product ##B \times F## it is the same copy of ##F## that, let me say, enters multiple times in the product (i.e. all the copies of ##F## are actually identified).
Then, it's true that they are canonically identified, but that's another story....
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