Homological Algebra and Yang-Mills Theory

1994/12/16 by Marc Henneaux
Physics and Astronomy · #hep-th

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published as J.Pure Appl.Algebra 100 (1995) 3-18 · 20 pages in LaTeX

arxiv created 1994/12/16 · arxiv updated 2009/11/30

Abstract

The antifield-BRST formalism and the various cohomologies associated with it are surveyed and illustrated in the context of Yang-Mills gauge theory. In particular, the central role played by the Koszul-Tate resolution and its relation to the characteristic cohomology are stressed.

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