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Higher Chern-Simons based on (2-)crossed modules

Mathematical Physics 2023-08-16 v2 math.MP

Abstract

We present higher Chern-Simons theories based on (2-)crossed modules. We start from the generalized differential forms in Generalized Differential Calculus and define the corresponding generalized connections which consist of higher connections. Then we establish the generalized Chern-Simons forms to get the higher Chern-Simons actions. Finally, we develop the higher second Chern forms and Chern-Weil theorems.

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@article{arxiv.2212.04667,
  title  = {Higher Chern-Simons based on (2-)crossed modules},
  author = {Danhua Song and Mengyao Wu and Ke Wu and Jie Yang},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2212.04667},
  year   = {2023}
}
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