The fundamental Gray 3-groupoid of a smooth manifold and local 3-dimensional holonomy based on a 2-crossed module

DOI10.1016/j.difgeo.2010.10.002zbMath1217.53049arXiv0907.2566OpenAlexW3104219461WikidataQ115357049 ScholiaQ115357049MaRDI QIDQ531734

João Faria Martins, R. F. Picken

Publication date: 19 April 2011

Published in: Differential Geometry and its Applications (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/0907.2566

zbMATH Keywords

2-crossed modulehigher gauge theorycrossed square3-dimensional holonomyGray 3-groupoidnon-Abelian integral calculusWilson 3-sphere

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Issues of holonomy in differential geometry (53C29) Yang-Mills and other gauge theories in mechanics of particles and systems (70S15) Pseudogroups and differentiable groupoids (58H05)

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