Stokes' formula for Lie algebra valued connection and curvature forms (Q1178490)

The authors establish under suitable conditions the Stokes-formula \[ L\int^{4\alpha}_ 0 -A^*(t) dt=L\int^ \alpha_ 0\int^ \alpha_ 0 F^*(u,v) du dv, \] where \(L\int\) is the Lie integral [see the authors, ibid., 200-257 (1991)]. Here \(A^*(t)=A(\sigma(t))\cdot \dot\sigma(t)\), \(A\) being the connection 1-form, \(\sigma(t)\) a loop, \(F=- (dA+A\wedge A)\) the curvature form. Among the results we should remark some relations with the classical case and generalizations of the Gauss- Bonnet theorem.