Quotient Stack

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A quotient stack records the orbit data of a group action together with the isomorphisms between representatives. Follow the action groupoid into its stackification and track the natural map from the original space to the quotient.

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Scheme · Group Action · groupoid · Sheaf

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  1. Start here: The Stacks Project — Quotient stacks

    The Stacks Project Authors · Online reference · English · Free full text

    Section 78.20, Definition 78.20.1 and Lemma 78.20.2

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