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Results that are widely accepted but no proof has appeared

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What are the occurrences of stacks outside algebraic geometry, differential geometry, and general topology?

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When (why) did we allow manifolds to be non-Hausdorff and/or non-second countable?

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References on Gerbes

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(An introduction to) deformation theory (written) for differential geometers

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"a sign that one should be computing K-theory"

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Motivation for definition of Quotient stack

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Outline of the proof that Cech cohomology and singular cohomology coincide on any locally contractible space

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What is there in the book Cohomologie non abélienne by Jean Giraud

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Size issues (small/large categories) when defining stacks in the Algebraic/differentiable/topological setting

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Are fibered categories fibrant objects in some model structure on Cat/C?

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Results in “generalised smooth spaces” that did not hold in the case of smooth manifolds

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Motivation for construction of associated fiber bundle from a principal bundle

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$2$-fiber product is a scheme then map of stacks is representable

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Stack associated to Lie group and manifold

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What are Lie groupoids intuitively?

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What does reduction of structure group of principal bundle say?

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Examples of ZBMath reviews that motivated you to read the paper

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Classification of Principal $G$ bundles and vector bundles in smooth sense

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Atiyah Sequence and Connections on a Principal Bundle

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On fundamental groupoid of fundamental groupoid

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Differential forms of a Lie group giving cohomology of the Lie group

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Understanding the definition of $G$-gerbe

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Encounters with partitions of unity

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Notions of Lie 2-groupoids

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How should one think about the band of a gerbe?

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Geometric theory for cohomology groups $H^p(M;\mathbb{Z})$

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De Rham cohomology of Lie groupoid

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Classification of line bundles by second cohomology of a manifold

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Cocycle description of gerbes

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