Fiber bundles, Yang-Mills theory, and general relativity.

I articulate and discuss a geometrical interpretation of Yang-Mills theory. Analogies and disanalogies between Yang-Mills theory and general relativity are also considered.

Bibliographic Details
Published in:	Synthese Vol. 193; no. 8; pp. 2389 - 2426
Main Author:	Weatherall, James
Format:	Article
Published:	Springer Nature Aug2016
Subjects:	Fiber bundles (Mathematics) Yang-Mills theory General relativity (Physics) Philosophy of mathematics Holonomy groups Gauge invariance
Online Access:	View this record in EBSCOhost

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Summary:	I articulate and discuss a geometrical interpretation of Yang-Mills theory. Analogies and disanalogies between Yang-Mills theory and general relativity are also considered.