Smooth functors vs. differential forms

DOI10.4310/HHA.2011.v13.n1.a7zbMath1230.53025arXiv0802.0663MaRDI QIDQ534535

Urs Schreiber, Konrad Waldorf

Publication date: 17 May 2011

Published in: Homology, Homotopy and Applications (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/0802.0663

zbMATH Keywords

parallel transportconnectiongerbe2-grouppath 2-groupoid

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Generalizations of fiber spaces and bundles in algebraic topology (55R65) Connections (general theory) (53C05) Groupoids, semigroupoids, semigroups, groups (viewed as categories) (18B40) Differential geometric aspects of gerbes and differential characters (53C08) Abstract manifolds and fiber bundles (category-theoretic aspects) (18F15)

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