Topological actions via gauge variations of higher structures
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✦ hep-th
math-phmath.ATmath.MP
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structuresgaugehigherstringtopologicalvariationsactionactions
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In this note we provide a new perspective on the topological parts of several action functionals in string and M-theory. We show that rationally these can be viewed as large gauge transformations corresponding to variations of higher structures, such as String, Fivebrane, and Ninebrane structures.
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