Department of MathematicsWe give a survey of the theory of n-groupoids (c. 1980, Duskin and Schanuel), and the associated Lie theory: that is, how to exponentiate an L-infinity algebra L such that L^i=0 for i<1-n to give an n-groupoid.
Wednesday, November 5, 2003 - 1:45pm
Northwestern and IAS
We give a survey of the theory of n-groupoids (c. 1980, Duskin and Schanuel), and the associated Lie theory: that is, how to exponentiate an L-infinity algebra L such that L^i=0 for i<1-n to give an n-groupoid.