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Necessary and sufficient analytical conditions for the existence of false gauge field copies

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  08 July 2008

Adonai S. Sant' Anna
Adonai S. Sant' Anna
Affiliation:
Department of Mathematics, Federal University of Paraná, Curitiba, PR, 81531-990, Brazil, adonai@ufpr.br.
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Abstract

Necessary and sufficient conditions for the existence of false gauge field copies by means of the Atiyah-Singer index theorem are established. Related topics are briefly discussed.

Keywords

Atiyah-Singer index theoremgauge field copiestopological K-theory
Type
Research Article
Information
Journal of K-Theory , Volume 3 , Issue 1 , February 2009 , pp. 77 - 83
Copyright
Copyright © ISOPP 2009

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