On Zeeman Topology in Kaluza-Klein and Gauge Theories

dc.creatorStruchiner, I.
dc.creatorRosa, M.
dc.date2005-04-23
dc.date.accessioned2026-07-07T04:32:03Z
dc.date.available2026-07-07T04:32:03Z
dc.descriptionE. C. Zeeman [1] has criticized the fact that in all articles and books until that moment (1967) the topology employed to work with the Minkowski space was the Euclidean one. He has proposed a new topology, which was generalized for more general space-times by Goebel [2]. In the Zeeman and Goebel topologies for the space-time, the unique continuous curves are polygonals composed by time-like straight lines and geodesics respectively. In his paper, Goebel proposes a topology for which the continuous curves are polygonals composed by motions of charged particles. Here we obtain in a very simple way a generalization of this topology, valid for any gauge fields, by employing the projection theorem of Kaluza-Klein theories (page 144 of Bleecker [3]). This approach relates Zeeman topologies and Kaluza-Klein, therefore Gauge Theories, what brings insights and points in the direction of a completely geometric theory.
dc.description6 pages, no figure
dc.identifierhttps://arxiv.org/abs/math-ph/0504071
dc.identifierhttp://arxiv.org/abs/math-ph/0504071
dc.identifier.urihttp://salesiana.dossiersoluciones.com/handle/123456789/58051
dc.subjectMathematical Physics
dc.subject14D21
dc.titleOn Zeeman Topology in Kaluza-Klein and Gauge Theories
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