Circle bundle

In mathematics, a circle bundle is a fiber bundle where the fiber is the circle $S^{1}$ .

Oriented circle bundles are also known as principal U(1)-bundles, or equivalently, as principal SO(2)-bundles. In physics, circle bundles are the natural geometric setting for electromagnetism. A circle bundle is a special case of a sphere bundle.

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