Global aspects of fixing the gauge in the Polyakov string and Einstein gravity (Q1063922)
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Global aspects of fixing the gauge in the Polyakov string and Einstein gravity (English)
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1985
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In 1978 \textit{I. M. Singer} [ibid. 60, 7-12 (1978; Zbl 0379.53009)] showed that an obstruction to fixing the gauge in Yang-Mills theories existed on topological grounds. In the present paper the author shows that analogous obstructions exist in fixing a continuous global gauge in the Polyakov string theory and also in 4-dimensional Einstein gravity.
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Gauge fixing
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global analysis
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Yang-Mills theories
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Polyakov string theory
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4-dimensional Einstein gravity
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