Smooth functors vs. differential forms

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Publication:534535


DOI10.4310/HHA.2011.v13.n1.a7zbMath1230.53025arXiv0802.0663MaRDI QIDQ534535

Urs Schreiber, Konrad Waldorf

Publication date: 17 May 2011

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

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/0802.0663


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

53C05: Connections (general theory)

18B40: Groupoids, semigroupoids, semigroups, groups (viewed as categories)

53C08: Differential geometric aspects of gerbes and differential characters

18F15: Abstract manifolds and fiber bundles (category-theoretic aspects)


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