Questions tagged [nonabelian-cohomology]

In 1965 Jean Giraud published two Comptes Rendus notes titled "Cohomologie non abélienne", and in 1971 he published a book with the same title. In 1966 Tonny A. Springer's paper "Nonabelian $H^2$ in ...

Is there a (non-Abelian) homology theory that realizes the following: Let $X,Y$ be manifolds with complexes $C(X),C(Y)$. Then $X$ and $Y$ are homotopy-equivalent if and only if $C(X)$ and $C(Y)$ ...

First, consider group extensions with non-abelian kernel $$1\to K\to G \to Q \to 1$$ It is well-known that these are classified by certain cohomological objects, specifically: Any such extension ...