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Hey. When talking about invariance of a function f under some transformation T we mean that T(f)=f. But what is meant by invariance of an equation f=0? As far as I can see it makes sense to call an equation invariant when the transformed equation T(f)=T(0) is equivalent to the original equation f=0, or maybe just if T(f)=T(0) implies f=0.
To be specific, I am asking because the source free Yang-Mills equation DμFμν=0 is said to be invariant under gauge transformations and i am wondering what exactly is meant by this. When preforming the gauge transformation U we obtain UDμFμνU†=0 which is equivalent to the original equation but not the same as the original equation.
To be specific, I am asking because the source free Yang-Mills equation DμFμν=0 is said to be invariant under gauge transformations and i am wondering what exactly is meant by this. When preforming the gauge transformation U we obtain UDμFμνU†=0 which is equivalent to the original equation but not the same as the original equation.
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