Higher Groupoids of Gauge Potentials in Higher Gauge Theories admitting Weights
We construct an explicit small model for the $\infty$-groupoid of null-concordances of higher gauge curvatures by algorithmically trivializing their nonlinear Bianchi identities. More precisely, for a finite-type Sullivan minimal Bianchi algebra equipped with positive integer weights, we organize weighted potentials and higher gauge parameters at each fixed curvature into an $\infty$-groupoid whose gauge transformations are linear in the parameters. We prove that this model is naturally equivalent to the $\infty$-groupoid of null-concordances through an intermediate total-form model, with explicit projection and section maps and simplicial homotopies. When nonempty, its connected components form a torsor for the degree-zero cohomology of an associated weighted gauge complex, and its higher homotopy groups are computed by the higher cohomology of this complex.
Authors
- Grigorios Giotopoulos (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7411-878X)
Publication Details
- Journal
- arXiv (Cornell University)
- Published
- 2026-11-02
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.48550/arxiv.2611.03064
- Primary Topic
- Homotopy and Cohomology in Algebraic Topology
- Type
- preprint