The fundamental Gray 3-groupoid of a smooth manifold and local 3-dimensional holonomy based on a 2-crossed module (Q531734)

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The fundamental Gray 3-groupoid of a smooth manifold and local 3-dimensional holonomy based on a 2-crossed module
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    The fundamental Gray 3-groupoid of a smooth manifold and local 3-dimensional holonomy based on a 2-crossed module (English)
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    19 April 2011
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    In this fundamental paper the authors define the thin fundamental Gray 3-groupoid \(\mathcal S_3(M)\) of a smooth manifold \(M\) and define (by using differential geometric data ) 3-dimensional holonomies, to be smooth strict Gray 3-groupoid maps \( \mathcal S_3(M) \to \mathcal C( \mathcal H) \), where \( \mathcal H\) is a 2-crossed module of Lie groups and \( \mathcal C( \mathcal H)\) is the Gray 3-groupoid naturally constructed from \( \mathcal H\). As an application, they define Wilson 3-sphere observables.
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    higher gauge theory
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    3-dimensional holonomy
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    2-crossed module
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    crossed square
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    Gray 3-groupoid
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    Wilson 3-sphere
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    non-Abelian integral calculus
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