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arxiv: hep-th/0406221 · v3 · submitted 2004-06-24 · ✦ hep-th

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A Class of Topological Actions

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We review definitions of generalized parallel transports in terms of Cheeger-Simons differential characters. Integration formulae are given in terms of Deligne-Beilinson cohomology classes. These representations of parallel transport can be extended to situations involving distributions as is appropriate in the context of quantized fields.

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