Product integral formalism and non-Abelian Stokes theorem

Authors
Karp, RL Mansouri, F Rno, JS
Citation
Rl. Karp et al., Product integral formalism and non-Abelian Stokes theorem, J MATH PHYS, 40(11), 1999, pp. 6033-6043
Citations number
24
Categorie Soggetti
Physics
Journal title
JOURNAL OF MATHEMATICAL PHYSICS
ISSN journal
00222488 → ACNP
Volume
40
Issue
11
Year of publication
1999
Pages
6033 - 6043
Database
ISI
SICI code
0022-2488(199911)40:11<6033:PIFANS>2.0.ZU;2-1
Abstract
We make use of the properties of product integrals to obtain a surface prod uct integral representation for the Wilson loop operator. The result can be interpreted as the non-Abelian version of Stokes' theorem. (C) 1999 Americ an Institute of Physics. [S0022-2488(99)04610-1].