Gauge Independence of the Lagrangian Path Integral in a Higher-Order Formalism

Abstract

We propose a Lagrangian path integral based on gauge symmetries generated by a symmetric higher-order $\Delta$-operator, and demonstrate that this path integral is independent of the chosen gauge-fixing function. No explicit change of variables in the functional integral is required to show this.

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