Noether's variational theorem II and the BV formalism
arXiv:math/0204079
Abstract
We review the basics of the Lagrangian approach to field theory and recast Noether's Second Theorem formulated in her language of dependencies using a slight modernization of terminology and notation. We then present the Cattaneo-Felder sigma model and work out the Noether identities or dependencies for this model. We review the description of the Batalin-Vilkovisky formalism and show explicitly how the anti-ghosts encode the Noether identities in this example.
15 pages, submitted to the Proceedings of the 2002 Winter School ``Geometry and Physics'', Srni, Czech Republic
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