Belot, Gordon (2002) Symmetry and Gauge Freedom. [Preprint]

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What is the significance of gauge freedom? This paper makes a start on answering this and other interpretative questions about classical and quantum gauge theories by situating classical gauge freedom in a framework in which its similarities to, and differences from, more familiar symmetries becomes apparent.

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Item Type:	Preprint
Creators:	Creators Email ORCID Belot, Gordon
Keywords:	gauge theories, Yang-Mills theories, geometric mechanics, relational mechanics
Subjects:	Specific Sciences > Physics > Fields and Particles Specific Sciences > Physics Specific Sciences > Physics > Quantum Field Theory
Depositing User:	Gordon Belot
Date Deposited:	11 Jan 2002
Last Modified:	07 Oct 2010 15:10
Item ID:	527
Subjects:	Specific Sciences > Physics > Fields and Particles Specific Sciences > Physics Specific Sciences > Physics > Quantum Field Theory
Date:	January 2002
URI:	https://philsci-archive.pitt.edu/id/eprint/527

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