MC elements in pronilpotent DG Lie algebras (Q1936106)

This paper studies the Maurer-Cartan elements associated to pronilpotent differential graded Lie algebras. The paper first focuses on a pronilpotent differential graded Lie algebra. The author proves an equivalence between this DG algebra and the corresponding Deligne groupoid. Then, the author concentrates on Deligne 2-groupoids. He proves the existence of a quasi-isomorphism between the Deligne 2-groupoids associated to two DG Lie algebras. Finally, he applies these results to obtain a bijection between the sets of gauge equivalence classes of MC elements and shows the link with a result of Kontsevich.