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On two notions of a Gerbe over a stack

Differential Geometry 2020-07-07 v2 Category Theory

Abstract

Let G\mathcal{G} be a Lie groupoid. The category BGB\mathcal{G} of principal G\mathcal{G}-bundles defines a differentiable stack. On the other hand, given a differentiable stack D\mathcal{D}, there exists a Lie groupoid H\mathcal{H} such that BHB\mathcal{H} is isomorphic to D\mathcal{D}. Define a gerbe over a stack as a morphism of stacks F ⁣:DCF\colon \mathcal{D}\rightarrow \mathcal{C}, such that FF and the diagonal map ΔF ⁣:DD×CD\Delta_F\colon \mathcal{D}\rightarrow \mathcal{D}\times_{\mathcal{C}}\mathcal{D} are epimorphisms. This paper explores the relationship between a gerbe defined above and a Morita equivalence class of a Lie groupoid extension.

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@article{arxiv.1907.00375,
  title  = {On two notions of a Gerbe over a stack},
  author = {Praphulla Koushik and Saikat Chatterjee},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1907.00375},
  year   = {2020}
}

Comments

(A shorter version of this is) accepted for publication in Bulletin des Sciences Math\'ematiques

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