Bourbaki

Definition 2

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Topologie algébrique, chapter I, § 5. Revêtements principaux

Let B be a topological space and let G be a group. Endow G with the discrete topology. A principal fibre space with base B and group G is called a principal covering of B with group G.

This terminology is legitimate, for such a B-space is a covering of B.

A principal covering with group G of a nonempty topological space possesses a degree, equal to Card G.

Bourbaki sets the proof directly after the statement, and the corpus does not separate them, so what is above is the statement and its proof together.

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Machine translation of the English, by gpt-5.4, against glossary version 34. Not checked by a person.