Cohomological classification conjecture for 2-representations of crossed modules

Let K\mathcal{K} be a crossed module with finite fundamental group π1(K)\pi_1(\mathcal{K}), let K~\widetilde{\mathcal{K}} denote its associated 2-group, and let X\mathcal{X} be a classifying space of K\mathcal{K}. A finite π1(K)\pi_1(\mathcal{K})-set XX determines the permutation local system (K×)X\underline{({\mathbb K}^{\times})^X} on X\mathcal{X}. Cohomological classification conjecture. 2-representations of K~\widetilde{\mathcal{K}} are classified by pairs (X,[μ])(X,[\mu]), where XX is a finite π1(K)\pi_1(\mathcal{K})-set and

[μ]H2(X,(K×)X).[\mu]\in H^2\bigl(\mathcal{X},\underline{({\mathbb K}^{\times})^X}\bigr).

This would place 2-representations in a cohomological framework analogous to the classification of projective representations; the paper presents the associated local system as expected to play a crucial role, but supplies no resolution of the classification claim.

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Dmitriy Rumynin and Alex Wendland, “2-Groups, 2-Characters, and Burnside Rings”, arXiv:1604.02926 (2018).

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