The field copy problem: To what extent do curvature (gauge field) and its covariant derivatives determine connection (gauge potential)?

DOI10.1007/BF01941974zbMath0457.53036MaRDI QIDQ1151159

Mark A. Mostow

Publication date: 1980

Published in: Communications in Mathematical Physics (Search for Journal in Brave)

zbMATH Keywords

curvaturecovariant derivativesconnection of a principal bundle up to gauge equivalenceinfinitesimal holonomy group

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Applications of global differential geometry to the sciences (53C80) Connections (general theory) (53C05) Fiber bundles in algebraic topology (55R10)

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