Section

2020 Mathematics Subject Classification: Primary: 14-XX [MSN][ZBL]

A section or section surface of a surjective (continuous) map or of a fibre space $p:X\to Y$ is a (continuous) mapping $s:Y\to X$ such that $p\circ s={\rm id}_Y$.

If $(X,p,Y)$ is a Serre fibration, then

$$\pi_n(X) = \pi_n(p^{-1}(pt))\oplus \pi_n(Y).$$ For a principal fibre bundle the existence of a section implies its triviality. A vector bundle always possesses the so-called zero section.

References

[Sp]	E.H. Spanier, "Algebraic topology", McGraw-Hill (1966) pp. 77 MR0210112 MR1325242 Zbl 0145.43303