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arxiv: hep-th/0611335 · v1 · submitted 2006-11-29 · ✦ hep-th

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Higher order topological actions

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In classical mechanics, an action is defined only modulo additive terms which do not modify the equations of motion; in certain cases, these terms are topological quantities. We construct an infinite sequence of higher order topological actions and argue that they play a role in quantum mechanics, and hence can be accessed experimentally.

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