Crossed modules of racks

DOI10.4310/HHA.2014.V16.N2.A5zbMATH Open1350.18004arXiv1310.4705OpenAlexW2068397167MaRDI QIDQ2263808FDOQ2263808

Authors: Alissa S. Crans, Friedrich Wagemann 

Publication date: 19 March 2015

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

Abstract: We generalize the notion of a crossed module of groups to that of a crossed module of racks. We investigate the relation to categorified racks, namely strict 2-racks, and trunk-like objects in the category of racks, generalizing the relation between crossed modules of groups and strict 2-groups. Then we explore topological applications. We show that by applying the rack-space functor, a crossed module of racks gives rise to a covering. Our main result shows how the fundamental racks associated to links upstairs and downstairs in a covering fit together to form a crossed module of racks.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/1310.4705

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zbMATH Keywords

augmented rackrack2-grouplink invariantrack spacecrossed module of groups2-rackcovering of rack spacecrossed module of racksfundamental rack of a link

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Groupoids, semigroupoids, semigroups, groups (viewed as categories) (18B40) Groupoids (i.e. small categories in which all morphisms are isomorphisms) (20L05) Covering spaces and low-dimensional topology (57M10) Other generalizations of groups (20N99)

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