Trivial fiber bundle vs product space

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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....
 
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What is the definition of a trivial bundle that you have seen?
 
martinbn said:
What is the definition of a trivial bundle that you have seen?
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fiber_bundle#Trivial_bundle

I'd add that my doubt comes from this picture of ##\mathbb E^1 \times \mathbb E^3## in Penrose book:
Immagine 2026-01-08 155215.webp
 
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