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Title: Platonic and alternating 2-groups (English)
Author: Epa, Narthana
Author: Ganter, Nora
Language: English
Journal: Higher Structures
ISSN: 2209-0606
Volume: 1
Issue: 1
Year: 2017
Pages: 122-146
Summary lang: English
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Category: math
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Summary: We recall Schur’s work on universal central extensions and develop the analogous theory for categorical extensions of groups. We prove that the String 2-groups are universal in this sense and proceed study their restrictions to the finite subgroups of the 3-sphere $\it Spin(3)$ and to the spin double covers of the alternating groups. We find that almost all of these restrictions are universal categorical extensions and that the categorical extensions of the alternating family are governed by the stable 3-stem $\pi_3(\Bbb S^0)$. (English)
Keyword: Categorical groups
Keyword: stable 3-stem
Keyword: categorified super-symmetry
Keyword: ADE classification
Keyword: Schur theory
Keyword: platonic solids
MSC: 18D05
MSC: 20B99
MSC: 20J06
idZBL: Zbl 1410.18008
idMR: MR3912053
DOI: 10.21136/HS.2017.05
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Date available: 2026-03-10T12:05:07Z
Last updated: 2026-03-10
Stable URL: http://hdl.handle.net/10338.dmlcz/153396
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