Gauges, Holes, and their `Connections'

dc.creatorLyre, Holger
dc.date1999-04-15
dc.date.accessioned2026-07-07T03:33:08Z
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dc.descriptionThe purpose of this paper is to present a generalized hole argument for gauge field theories and their geometrical setting in terms of fiber bundles. The generalized hole argument is motivated and extended from the spacetime hole arguments which appear in spacetime theories based on differentiable manifolds such as general relativity. Analogously, the generalized hole argument rules out fiber bundle substantivalism and, thus, a relationalistic interpretation of the geometry of fiber bundle spaces is favoured. Along the way, the concept of gauge field theories will be analyzed via considering the gauge principle and thereby hopefully clarifying certain terminological ambiguities.
dc.description13 pages, "Fifth International Conference on the History and Foundations of General Relativity", July 8-11, 1999, University of Notre Dame, Notre Dame, Indiana
dc.identifierhttps://arxiv.org/abs/gr-qc/9904036
dc.identifierhttp://arxiv.org/abs/gr-qc/9904036
dc.identifier.urihttp://salesiana.dossiersoluciones.com/handle/123456789/36498
dc.subjectGeneral Relativity and Quantum Cosmology
dc.subjectQuantum Physics
dc.titleGauges, Holes, and their `Connections'
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