2026-07-072026-07-07http://salesiana.dossiersoluciones.com/handle/123456789/53866It is well known that magnetic monopoles are related to the first Chern class. In this note electric charge is used to construct an analogous characteristic class: the charge class.(Latex file 6 pages) e-mail: padma@imsc.ernet.in -IITM-TH-94-02High Energy Physics - Theorytext