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arxiv: 1108.1525 · v1 · pith:5GR2EXRPnew · submitted 2011-08-07 · 🧮 math.DG · math.CT

Infinitesimal Symmetries of Dixmier-Douady Gerbes

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keywords symmetriesgerbesinfinitesimalconnectivedixmier-douadystructurealgebraicalgebroid
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We introduce the infinitesimal symmetries of Dixmier-Douady gerbes over a manifold M, both with and without connective structures and curvings. We explore the algebraic structure possessed by these symmetries, and relate them to equivariant gerbes via a "differentiation functor". In the case that a gerbe G is equipped with a connective structure A, we give a new construction of the Courant algebroid associated to (G,A) directly in terms of the infinitesimal symmetries of (G,A).

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