The Chern–Weil homomorphism is a fundamental concept in differential geometry and algebraic topology that establishes a connection between characteristic classes of vector bundles and differential forms on manifolds. It provides a way to compute characteristic classes, which are topological invariants that classify vector bundles over a manifold, by using the curvature of connections on those bundles.
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Chern-Weil theory constructs closed characteristic forms by applying invariant polynomials to the curvature of a connection.