On Feynman’s approach to the foundations of gauge theory

DOI10.1063/1.531030zbMath0844.58087arXivhep-th/9308003OpenAlexW2013938805MaRDI QIDQ4873492

Nadav M. Shnerb, M. C. Land, Lawrence P. Horwitz

Publication date: 29 August 1996

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

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/hep-th/9308003

zbMATH Keywords

gauge theorycommutation relationselectromagnetic theoryMaxwell theoryFeynman's derivation

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Yang-Mills and other gauge theories in quantum field theory (81T13) Applications of global analysis to the sciences (58Z05) (n)-body potential quantum scattering theory (81U10)

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