Lifting problems and transgression for non-abelian gerbes

DOI10.1016/j.aim.2013.03.022zbMath1291.55009arXiv1112.4702MaRDI QIDQ387032

Thomas Nikolaus, Konrad Waldorf

Publication date: 11 December 2013

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

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/1112.4702

zbMATH Keywords

loop space; transgression; non-abelian cohomology; Lie 2-group; non-abelian gerbe; string structure

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

18G50: Nonabelian homological algebra (category-theoretic aspects)

22A22: Topological groupoids (including differentiable and Lie groupoids)

55R65: Generalizations of fiber spaces and bundles in algebraic topology

55N05: ?ech types

53C08: Differential geometric aspects of gerbes and differential characters

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