CHARACTERIZING n-ISOCLINIC CLASSES OF CROSSED MODULES

In this paper, we introduce the notion of the equivalence relation, called n-isoclinism, between crossed modules of groups, and give some basic properties of this notion. In particular, we obtain some criteria under which crossed modules are n-isoclinic. Also, we present the notion of n-stem crossed module and, under some conditions, determine them within an n-isoclinism class.