Surface holonomy for non-Abelian 2-bundles via double groupoids

DOI10.1016/j.aim.2010.10.017zbMath1214.53043OpenAlexW2121855363MaRDI QIDQ626113

João Faria Martins, R. F. Picken

Publication date: 22 February 2011

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

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.aim.2010.10.017

zbMATH Keywords

Jones polynomialVassiliev invariantshigher gauge theory2-bundles2-dimensional holonomyWilson surface

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Issues of holonomy in differential geometry (53C29) Yang-Mills and other gauge theories in mechanics of particles and systems (70S15) Differential geometric aspects of gerbes and differential characters (53C08)

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