Central extensions of smooth 2-groups and a finite-dimensional string 2-group

DOI10.2140/GT.2011.15.609zbMath1216.22005arXiv0911.2483OpenAlexW3106022409MaRDI QIDQ538526

Christopher J. Schommer-Pries

Publication date: 25 May 2011

Published in: Geometry \& Topology (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/0911.2483

zbMATH Keywords

central extensionsgerbestack2-groupsstring group

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Homology and cohomology of Lie groups (57T10) Topological groupoids (including differentiable and Lie groupoids) (22A22) Differential geometric aspects of gerbes and differential characters (53C08)

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