Holonomy and parallel transport for abelian gerbes

DOI10.1006/AIMA.2002.2085zbMath1034.53051arXivmath/0007053OpenAlexW2107851817MaRDI QIDQ1851242

Marco Mackaay, R. F. Picken

Publication date: 16 December 2002

Published in: Advances in Mathematics (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/math/0007053

zbMATH Keywords

holonomyconnectionsgerbesthin second homotopy

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Issues of holonomy in differential geometry (53C29)

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