Homological algebra of multivalued action functionals
Mathematical Physics
2007-05-23 v2 High Energy Physics - Theory
Algebraic Topology
Differential Geometry
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Abstract
We outline a cohomological treatment for multivalued (classical) action functionals. We point out that an application of Takens' theorem, after Zuckerman, Deligne and Freed, allows to conclude that multivalued functionals yield globally defined variational equations.
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@article{arxiv.math-ph/0112031,
title = {Homological algebra of multivalued action functionals},
author = {E. Aldrovandi},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:math-ph/0112031},
year = {2007}
}
Comments
9 pages, AMSLaTeX (amsart class). Version to appear in Letters in Mathematical Physics