Abstract:
The method for constructing infinitesimal gauge transformations for an arbitrary degenerate Lagrangian without any restrictions on the algebra of constraints is suggested. Thereby, it is proved in the general case that the degeneration of the theory is caused by its gauge invariance.
Citation:
S. A. Gogilidze, V. V. Sanadze, Yu. S. Surovtsev, F. G. Tkebuchava, “On gauge transformations in constrained theories”, TMF, 102:1 (1995), 66–73; Theoret. and Math. Phys., 102:1 (1995), 47–52
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