On the geometry of the space of fibrations

Abstract

We study geometrical aspects of the space of fibrations between two given manifolds M and B, from the point of view of Frechet geometry. As a first result, we show that any connected component of this space is the base space of a Frechet-smooth principal bundle with the identity component of the group of diffeomorphisms of M as total space. Second, we prove that the space of fibrations is also itself the total space of a smooth Frechet principal bundle with structure group the group of diffeomorphisms of the base B.

arXiv comment18 pages, 5 figures