The Atiyah-Singer fixed point theorem and the gauge field copy problem
Mathematical Physics
2007-05-23 v1 Differential Geometry
math.MP
Abstract
A condition for the existence of false gauge field copies in terms of the Lefschetz number of a certain differential operator is presented.
Cite
@article{arxiv.math-ph/9905023,
title = {The Atiyah-Singer fixed point theorem and the gauge field copy problem},
author = {Adonai S. Sant'Anna},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:math-ph/9905023},
year = {2007}
}
Comments
LaTeX, 4 pages, no figures