English

2-Categories, 4d state-sum models and gerbes

Differential Geometry 2007-05-23 v1 Algebraic Topology

Abstract

In this paper we give a short introduction to our results on the holonomy of gerbe-connections and explain our motivation coming from state-sum models.

Cite

@article{arxiv.math/0104285,
  title  = {2-Categories, 4d state-sum models and gerbes},
  author = {Marco Mackaay and Roger Picken},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:math/0104285},
  year   = {2007}
}

Comments

talk presented by the first author at the 3rd Meeting of the International Forum for Portuguese Researchers, Faro, April 7-10, 2001. LaTeX, 5 pages