Inertia stack

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In mathematics, especially in differential and algebraic geometries, an inertia stack of a groupoid X is a stack that parametrizes automorphism groups on ${\displaystyle X}$ and transitions between them. It is commonly denoted as ${\displaystyle \Lambda X}$ and is defined as inertia groupoids as charts. The notion often appears in particular as an inertia orbifold.