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1. • CommentRowNumber1.
   • CommentAuthorSamuel Adrian Antz
   • CommentTimeMar 10th 2024
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   Author: Samuel Adrian Antz
   Format: MarkdownItexCreated page for [[BU(n)]], the [[classifying space]] of the [[unitary group]] U(n). (See [discussion on Stiefel-Whitney class](https://nforum.ncatlab.org/discussion/3300/stiefelwhitney-class).) There is still a lot to add though. <a href="https://ncatlab.org/nlab/revision/BU%28n%29/1">v1</a>, <a href="https://ncatlab.org/nlab/show/BU%28n%29">current</a>

   Created page for BU(n), the classifying space of the unitary group U(n). (See discussion on Stiefel-Whitney class.) There is still a lot to add though.

   v1, current

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   • CommentAuthorUrs
   • CommentTimeMar 11th 2024
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   Author: Urs
   Format: MarkdownItexThere seems to have been a glitch in the last sentence ("limit" instead of "colimit" and a sudden appearance if $SU(n)$ instead of $\mathrm{U}(n)$). I have fixed it and added a link to *[[stable unitary group]]*. <a href="https://ncatlab.org/nlab/revision/diff/BU%28n%29/2">diff</a>, <a href="https://ncatlab.org/nlab/revision/BU%28n%29/2">v2</a>, <a href="https://ncatlab.org/nlab/show/BU%28n%29">current</a>

   There seems to have been a glitch in the last sentence (“limit” instead of “colimit” and a sudden appearance if $SU(n)$ instead of $\mathrm{U}(n)$). I have fixed it and added a link to stable unitary group.

   diff, v2, current

3. • CommentRowNumber3.
   • CommentAuthorUrs
   • CommentTimeMar 11th 2024
   • (edited Mar 11th 2024)
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   Author: Urs
   Format: MarkdownItexadded cross-link with *[[KU]]*. <a href="https://ncatlab.org/nlab/revision/diff/BU%28n%29/2">diff</a>, <a href="https://ncatlab.org/nlab/revision/BU%28n%29/2">v2</a>, <a href="https://ncatlab.org/nlab/show/BU%28n%29">current</a>

   added cross-link with KU.

   diff, v2, current

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   • CommentAuthorSamuel Adrian Antz
   • CommentTimeMar 12th 2024
   • (edited Mar 12th 2024)
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   Author: Samuel Adrian Antz
   Format: MarkdownItexAdded the simplest classifying space $B U(1)\cong\mathbb{C}P^\infty$ and its classification of $U(1)$ [[principal bundles]]. (A section about the general classification will follow soon.) Also linked the Wikipedia page _[Classifying space for U(n)](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Classifying_space_for_U(n))_. Edit: As a link including ")" can't be linked due to disrupting the <div>[....](....)</div> environment, I have created a redirect from "Classifying space for unitary group". <a href="https://ncatlab.org/nlab/revision/diff/BU%28n%29/3">diff</a>, <a href="https://ncatlab.org/nlab/revision/BU%28n%29/3">v3</a>, <a href="https://ncatlab.org/nlab/show/BU%28n%29">current</a>

   Added the simplest classifying space $B U(1)\cong\mathbb{C}P^\infty$ and its classification of $U(1)$ principal bundles. (A section about the general classification will follow soon.) Also linked the Wikipedia page Classifying space for U(n).

   Edit: As a link including “)” can’t be linked due to disrupting the

   [….](….)

   environment, I have created a redirect from “Classifying space for unitary group”.

   diff, v3, current

5. • CommentRowNumber5.
   • CommentAuthorSamuel Adrian Antz
   • CommentTimeMar 12th 2024
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   Author: Samuel Adrian Antz
   Format: MarkdownItexAdded reference for definition in Milnor & Stasheff. Added connection to [[characteristic classes]]. (I plan to create the page for [[balanced product]] in the future.) Also linked pages of [[BSO(n)]] and [[BSU(n)]], which I will create either today or tomorrow. <a href="https://ncatlab.org/nlab/revision/diff/BU%28n%29/4">diff</a>, <a href="https://ncatlab.org/nlab/revision/BU%28n%29/4">v4</a>, <a href="https://ncatlab.org/nlab/show/BU%28n%29">current</a>

   Added reference for definition in Milnor & Stasheff. Added connection to characteristic classes. (I plan to create the page for balanced product in the future.) Also linked pages of BSO(n) and BSU(n), which I will create either today or tomorrow.

   diff, v4, current