Ordered Exponential and Its Features in Yang-Mills Effective Action

Abstract

In this paper we discuss some non-trivial relations for ordered exponentials on smooth Riemannian manifolds. As an example of application, we study a dependence of the four-dimensional quantum Yang-Mills effective action on the background filed and gauge transformations. Also, we formulate some open questions about a structure of divergences.

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