A Generalized ``Surfaceless'' Stokes' Theorem
arXiv:hep-th/9311188
Abstract
We derive a generalized Stokes' theorem, valid in any dimension and for arbitrary loops, even if self intersecting or knotted. The generalized theorem does not involve an auxiliary surface, but inherits a higher rank gauge symmetry from the invariance under deformations of the surface used in the conventional formulation.
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