Thom Space
In mathematics, the Thom space, Thom complex, or Pontryagin-Thom construction (named after René Thom and Lev Pontryagin) of algebraic topology and differential topology is a topological space associated to a vector bundle, over any paracompact space.
Read more about Thom Space: Construction of The Thom Space, The Thom Isomorphism, The Thom Class, Significance of Thom's Work, Consequences For Differentiable Manifolds
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