Hopf fibration

E679319

The Hopf fibration is a fundamental construction in topology that describes the 3-sphere as a fiber bundle of circles over the 2-sphere, revealing deep connections between geometry, algebra, and higher-dimensional spaces.

All labels observed (4)

Label Occurrences
Hopf fibration canonical 7
3-sphere S^3 2
Hopf bundle 2

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (64)

Predicate Object
instanceOf circle bundle ⓘ
fiber bundle ⓘ
map between manifolds ⓘ
principal bundle ⓘ
topological construction ⓘ
hasApplicationIn Berry phase ⓘ
Skyrme models ⓘ
linked to: Skyrme model

magnetic monopoles ⓘ
quantum spin systems ⓘ
topological solitons ⓘ
hasBaseSpace 2-sphere ⓘ
hasBaseSpaceIdentifiedWith CP^1 ⓘ
complex projective line ⓘ
hasDimensionOfBaseSpace 2 ⓘ
hasDimensionOfFiber 1 ⓘ
hasDimensionOfTotalSpace 3 ⓘ
hasFiber 1-sphere ⓘ
circle ⓘ
hasFiberDescribedAs orbits of the U(1) action on S^3 ⓘ
hasHopfInvariant 1 ⓘ
hasProperty admits connection with nonzero curvature ⓘ
fibers are pairwise linked circles in S^3 ⓘ
is not isomorphic to the trivial bundle S^2 × S^1 ⓘ
hasStructureGroup S^1 ⓘ
U(1) ⓘ
hasStructureGroupIdentifiedWith U(1) ⓘ
hasTotalSpace 3-sphere ⓘ
hasTotalSpaceIdentifiedWith SU(2) ⓘ
unit sphere in C^2 ⓘ
hasTypicalFiber S^1 ⓘ
isDenotedBy S^3 → S^2 ⓘ
isExampleOf Seifert fibration ⓘ
map of Hopf invariant 1 ⓘ
nontrivial fiber bundle ⓘ
nontrivial principal bundle ⓘ
spherical fibration ⓘ
isGeneralizedBy S^7 → S^4 Hopf fibration ⓘ
linked to: Hopf fibration

S^{15} → S^8 Hopf fibration ⓘ
higher Hopf fibrations ⓘ
isNamedAfter Heinz Hopf ⓘ
isPrincipalBundleOver 2-sphere ⓘ
isPrincipalBundleWithGroup circle ⓘ
isProjectionOnto CP^1 ⓘ
linked to: Riemann sphere
isRelatedTo Clifford algebras ⓘ
linked to: Clifford algebra

complex numbers ⓘ
homotopy groups of spheres ⓘ
quaternions ⓘ
linked to: Quaternions

π_3(S^2) ⓘ
isStudiedIn differential geometry courses ⓘ
graduate-level topology ⓘ
isUsedIn Riemannian geometry ⓘ
bundle theory ⓘ
complex geometry ⓘ
contact geometry ⓘ
gauge theory ⓘ
homotopy theory ⓘ
quantum field theory ⓘ
twistor theory ⓘ
linked to: twistor space
isUsedToShow π_3(S^2) is nontrivial ⓘ
isVisualizedBy linked circles in 3-space ⓘ
representsElementOf π_3(S^2) ⓘ
wasIntroducedBy Heinz Hopf ⓘ
wasIntroducedInField algebraic topology ⓘ
differential topology ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (12)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Heinz Hopf → notableWork → Hopf fibration ⓘ
SU(2) → isTopologically → 3-sphere S^3 ⓘ
subject linked to: rotation group SU(2)
linked to: Hopf fibration
Heinz Hopf → notableFor → Hopf fibration ⓘ
subject linked to: Hopf
Heinz Hopf → notableFor → Hopf bundle ⓘ
subject linked to: Hopf
linked to: Hopf fibration
Hopf → hasNotableMathematicalConceptNamedAfter → Hopf bundle ⓘ
linked to: Hopf fibration
Heinz Hopf → notableFor → Hopf fibration ⓘ
subject linked to: Gräbschen
Hopf fibration → isGeneralizedBy → S^7 → S^4 Hopf fibration ⓘ
linked to: Hopf fibration
Hopf invariant → relatedTo → Hopf fibration ⓘ
Über die Abbildungen der dreidimensionalen Sphäre auf die Kugelfläche → mainTopic → Hopf fibration ⓘ
Über die Abbildungen der dreidimensionalen Sphäre auf die Kugelfläche → introduces → Hopf fibration ⓘ
Kirby calculus → typicalAmbientSpace → 3-sphere S^3 ⓘ
linked to: Hopf fibration