2-gerbes and 2-Tate spaces
Category Theory
2007-09-03 v1 Representation Theory
Abstract
We construct a central extension of the group of automorphisms of a 2-Tate vector space viewed as a discrete 2-group. This is done using an action of this 2-group on a 2-gerbe of gerbel theories. This central extension is used to define central extensions of double loop groups.
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@article{arxiv.0708.4401,
title = {2-gerbes and 2-Tate spaces},
author = {Sergey Arkhipov and Kobi Kremnizer},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:0708.4401},
year = {2007}
}
Comments
Uses Paul Taylor`s diagrams