Differential cohomology (encyclopedia article)
arXiv:2312.14338 · doi:10.1016/B978-0-323-95703-8.00216-0
Abstract
We give an overview of differential cohomology from the point of view of algebraic topology. This includes a survey of several different definitions of differential cohomology groups, a discussion of differential characteristic classes, an introduction to differential generalized cohomology theory, and some applications in physics.
20 pages, article for the Encyclopedia of Mathematical Physics, 2nd ed