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Principal infinity-bundles - Presentations

Algebraic Topology 2015-09-16 v1

Abstract

We discuss two aspects of the presentation of the theory of principal infinity-bundles in an infinity-topos, introduced in [NSSa], in terms of categories of simplicial (pre)sheaves. First we show that over a cohesive site C and for G a presheaf of simplicial groups which is C-acyclic, G-principal infinity-bundles over any object in the infinity-topos over C are classified by hyper-Cech-cohomology with coefficients in G. Then we show that over a site C with enough points, principal infinity-bundles in the infinity-topos are presented by ordinary simplicial bundles in the sheaf topos that satisfy principality by stalkwise weak equivalences. Finally we discuss explicit details of these presentations for the discrete site (in discrete infinity-groupoids) and the smooth site (in smooth infinity-groupoids, generalizing Lie groupoids and differentiable stacks). In the companion article [NSSc] we use these presentations for constructing classes of examples of (twisted) principal infinity-bundles and for the discussion of various applications.

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@article{arxiv.1207.0249,
  title  = {Principal infinity-bundles - Presentations},
  author = {Thomas Nikolaus and Urs Schreiber and Danny Stevenson},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1207.0249},
  year   = {2015}
}

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55 pages

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