Homotopy colimits and global observables in abelian gauge theory

DOI10.1007/s11005-015-0765-yzbMath1386.70042arXiv1503.08839OpenAlexW3104061166MaRDI QIDQ493996

Alexander Schenkel, Richard J. Szabo, Marco Benini

Publication date: 28 August 2015

Published in: Letters in Mathematical Physics (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/1503.08839

zbMATH Keywords

chain complexesabelian gauge theoryglobal configurations and observableshomotopy limits and colimits

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Yang-Mills and other gauge theories in quantum field theory (81T13) Generalized (extraordinary) homology and cohomology theories in algebraic topology (55N20) Yang-Mills and other gauge theories in mechanics of particles and systems (70S15) Abstract and axiomatic homotopy theory in algebraic topology (55U35) Chain complexes in algebraic topology (55U15) Presheaves and sheaves, stacks, descent conditions (category-theoretic aspects) (18F20)

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