An Elementary Notion of Gauge Equivalence

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“An Elementary Notion of Gauge Equivalence.” General Relativity and Gravitation 40 (2008) 199-215.

(published version) [preprint]

Abstract. An elementary notion of gauge equivalence is introduced that does not require any Lagrangian or Hamiltonian apparatus. It is shown that in the special case of theories, such as general relativity, whose symmetries can be identified with spacetime diffeomorphisms this elementary notion has many of the same features as the usual notion. In particular, it performs well in the presence of asymptotic boundary conditions.

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