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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
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.
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