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Hey, I'm a little confused on the definition of a principle bundle. The basic question:
"Do elements of the structure group, G, have to act on elements of the fiber, G, from the right?"
I've read a bunch of papers that seem to imply that the fiber bundle structure group elements could act from the left and it's still called a principle bundle, but the wikipedia definition and a few others insist on the structure group elements acting on the right. What gives?
I guess it's kind of nit picky, but I'd like to know what's going on here.
"Do elements of the structure group, G, have to act on elements of the fiber, G, from the right?"
I've read a bunch of papers that seem to imply that the fiber bundle structure group elements could act from the left and it's still called a principle bundle, but the wikipedia definition and a few others insist on the structure group elements acting on the right. What gives?
I guess it's kind of nit picky, but I'd like to know what's going on here.