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Differential forms with values in VB-groupoids

Differential Geometry 2021-09-15 v1

Abstract

We introduce multiplicative differential forms on Lie groupoids with values in VB-groupoids. Our main result gives a complete description of these objects in terms of infinitesimal data. By considering split VB-groupoids, we are able to present a Lie theory for differential forms on Lie groupoids with values in 2-term representations up to homotopy. We also define a differential complex whose 1-cocycles are exactly the multiplicative forms with values in VB-groupoids and study the Morita invariance of its cohomology.

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@article{arxiv.1804.05289,
  title  = {Differential forms with values in VB-groupoids},
  author = {Thiago Drummond and Leandro Egea},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1804.05289},
  year   = {2021}
}

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36 pages

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