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In algebraic topology, a G-fibration or principal fibration is a generalization of a principal G-bundle, just as a fibration is a generalization of a fiber bundle. By definition, given a topological monoid G, a G-fibration is a fibration p: P→B together with a continuous right monoid action P × G → P such that

• (1) ${\displaystyle p(xg)=p(x)}$ for all x in P and g in G.
• (2) For each x in P, the map ${\displaystyle G\to p^{-1}(p(x)),g\mapsto xg}$ is a weak equivalence.

A principal G-bundle is a prototypical example of a G-fibration. Another example is Moore's path space fibration: namely, let ${\displaystyle P'X}$ be the space of paths of various length in a based space X. Then the fibration ${\displaystyle p:P'X\to X}$ that sends each path to its end-point is a G-fibration with G the space of loops of various lengths in X.

References

1. James, I.M. (1995). Handbook of Algebraic Topology. Elsevier. p. 833. ISBN 978-0-08-053298-1.

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