Introduction to the language of stacks and gerbes

2002/12/19 by Ieke Moerdijk, Moerdijk, Ieke · 6 citations
Mathematics · #Advanced Topics in Algebra #Algebraic structures and combinatorial models #Homotopy and Cohomology in Algebraic Topology #math.AT #math.CT

paper · pdf · doi:10.48550/arxiv.math/0212266

30 pages

arxiv created 2002/12/19 · arxiv updated 2009/11/30

Abstract

This is an introduction to gerbes for topologists, with emphasis on non-abelian cohomology.

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• Twisted K-theory of differentiable stacks
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• Notes on Grothendieck topologies, fibered categories and descent theory
• Cohomology with coefficients in stacks of Picard categories

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