For a group, the outer automorphism group is the quotient of the automorphism group by the normal subgroup of inner autormorphism?s:
Write
for the automorphism 2-group of . This is the strict 2-group coming from the crossed module
Therefore the 0-truncation of is :
This perspective generalizes to the notion of outer automorphism ∞-group.
The connected components of the subgroup of outer automorphisms of the a super Poincaré group which fixes the underlying Poincaré group is known as the R-symmetry group in supersymmetry.
outer automorphism group, outer automorphism ∞-group
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