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Off-shell nilpotence of the Yang-Mills BRST quartet (sA=Dc,sc=−g(c×c)/2,scˉ=−b,sb=0)

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Using the graded Leibniz rule, s2A=D(sc)+g(Dc)×c=0 because D(c×c)=2(Dc)×c. The graded Jacobi identity gives s2c=g2(c×c)×c/2=0. BRST nilpotence on the antighost and Nakanishi-Lautrup field is immediate. No field equations are required.

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