The inner automorphism 3-group of a strict 2-group

Abstract: Any group

G

gives rise to a 2-group of inner automorphisms,

m a t h r m I N N (G)

. It is an old result by Segal that the nerve of this is the universal

G

-bundle. We discuss that, similarly, for every 2-group

G_{(2)}

there is a 3-group

m a t h r m I N N (G_{(2)})

and a slightly smaller 3-group

m a t h r m {I N N}_{0} (G_{(2)})

of inner automorphisms. We describe these for

G_{(2)}

any strict 2-group, discuss how

m a t h r m {I N N}_{0} (G_{(2)})

can be understood as arising from the mapping cone of the identity on

G_{(2)}

and show that its underlying 2-groupoid structure fits into a short exact sequence

G_{(2)} o m a t h r m {I N N}_{0} (G_{(2)}) o S i g m a G_{(2)}

. As a consequence,

m a t h r m {I N N}_{0} (G_{(2)})

encodes the properties of the universal

G_{(2)}

2-bundle.

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