 Gauge invariance (source code)

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= Gauge invariance

= Gauge symmetry
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= Gauge-invariant
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Gauge invariance is invariance under local changes of gauge representative. Gauge-invariant observables depend only on the physical gauge orbit.

A <gauge theory> uses this redundancy to describe the same physical state by different field representatives.

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