Crossed modules of racks

DOI10.4310/HHA.2014.V16.N2.A5MaRDI QIDQ2263808zbMATH OpenOpenAlexFDO

Authors Alissa S. Crans, Friedrich Wagemann

Publication date 19 March 2015

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

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

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)

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.

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