In global coordinates the de Sitter spacetime metric is . A global frame of a vector bundle orthonormal for the round metric on gives the displayed global pseudo-orthonormal frame. For example, identify with the unit quaternions and use . Choosing the spatial orientation and the future direction consistently gives a section of a fiber bundle for the oriented, time-oriented frame bundle. The principal bundle trivialization by a global section then proves that bundle is trivial.
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