lennyleonard
Jul9-11, 01:57 PM
Hi everyone!!
I can't figure out why electromagnetism is defined a non integrable phase factor (or path dependent), referring to the element of the Lie group U1 to which it (the phase factor) belongs.
Why it's said to be non-integrable? And, precisely, how do we specify a path for the e^{\theta} ?
By parametrizing a path with respect to \theta?
Thanks!!
I can't figure out why electromagnetism is defined a non integrable phase factor (or path dependent), referring to the element of the Lie group U1 to which it (the phase factor) belongs.
Why it's said to be non-integrable? And, precisely, how do we specify a path for the e^{\theta} ?
By parametrizing a path with respect to \theta?
Thanks!!