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A cohomological description of Abelian bundles and gerbes

Differential Geometry 2007-05-23 v1

Abstract

We describe the geometrical ladder of equations for Abelian bundles and gerbes, as well as higher generalisations, in terms of the cohomology of an operator that combines de Rham and Cech cohomology.

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@article{arxiv.math/0305147,
  title  = {A cohomological description of Abelian bundles and gerbes},
  author = {Roger Picken},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:math/0305147},
  year   = {2007}
}

Comments

12 pages; submitted to the proceedings of the XXth Workshop on Geometric Methods in Physics, Bialowieza, July 1-7, 2001