A $\mathbb{C}$-algebra $R$ realizing the graded algebra of complex differential forms: each $\Omega^p$ embeds $\mathbb{R}$-linearly into a homogeneous component of degree $p$ in $R$, with an inverse extraction map.
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All geometric data needed to define the Chern forms of a rank-$r$ vector bundle $V \to M$ with connection $\nabla$: the connection, its curvature $R^\nabla$ (antisymmetric in tangent vectors), an embedding of the form algebra into a $\mathbb{C}$-algebra $R$, the $r \times r$ curvature matrix realised in $R$ (with each entry homogeneous of degree $2$), and a "degree-$0$ scalar" hypothesis on the leading Chern scalar.
- connection : CovariantDerivative I F V
- curvature (x : M) : TangentSpace I x → TangentSpace I x → V x →L[𝕜] V x
- formAlgebra : ComplexDifferentialFormAlgebra Ω VF R
- curvatureMatrix_deg2 : CurvatureMatrixDegreeTwo self.curvatureMatrix
- chernScalar_deg0 : ChernScalarHomogZero
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The total Chern form of $(E, \nabla)$: $$c(E, \nabla) = \det\!\left(I + \frac{i}{2\pi} R^\nabla\right) \in \Omega^\bullet(M, \mathbb{C}),$$ defined via the curvature matrix and the appropriate scalar normalization.
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The $j$-th Chern form $c_j(E, \nabla) \in \Omega^{2j}(M, \mathbb{C})$, obtained as the degree-$2j$ component of the total Chern form $\det(I + \frac{i}{2\pi} R^\nabla) = \sum_j c_j$.