If G is a simply connected Lie Group then why is every G-bundle over an orientable 3-manifold trivial? (Why is orientability important?)
Principal bundles on 3-manifolds
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differential-geometry
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Are you sure that orientability is necessary? The result is proved in lemma 4.1.1. here and I do not see where orientability is used.