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Homological algebra of multivalued action functionals

Mathematical Physics 2007-05-23 v2 High Energy Physics - Theory Algebraic Topology Differential Geometry math.MP

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}
}

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9 pages, AMSLaTeX (amsart class). Version to appear in Letters in Mathematical Physics