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A Finite Orbit with Two Gauge-Condition Intersections
A finite-dimensional regulated gauge-orbit example only; it is not a non-Abelian Yang–Mills field theory or a continuum functional measure.
Example
All coordinates , radii , and angles in this finite-dimensional toy are dimensionless; the stated coordinate densities and therefore carry no physical units.
Let have positive density , and let have angle coordinate and right-invariant density . Let act on the right by For , set , choose an open neighborhood of , let have density , and set on . The unit angular generator has infinitesimal orbit vector Write for the right orbit of , and write for the global zero set of the coordinate function . The Faddeev–Popov operator is the linear map , and its density Jacobian relative to and is . The full orbit nevertheless meets at both and . For each , the same calculation gives , so the local slice is transverse throughout . Thus this local transversality does not make intersect the full orbit at only one point. The regulator group in this finite-dimensional toy is not identified with the model's non-Abelian structure group .
Example references
Facts & Assumptions
Given: The finite-dimensional right action, local gauge condition, and regulated densities in the example statement.
A finite-dimensional regulated gauge-slice datum has infinitesimal orbit map , Faddeev–Popov operator , and Jacobian when domain and codomain have the specified positive densities. Finite-dimensional gauge slices and Faddeev–Popov operators
Verification
Given: [F1], , and the rotation action on .
Differentiating at gives . Since , its differential sends to , so and . More generally, for , differentiating gives and because . Thus every point of is transverse.
For , the second coordinate of is . It vanishes exactly at and modulo , which give the distinct points and . Hence , even though every point of the local slice is transverse by step 1.1.
Remarks
The sketch rescales the radius to drawing units; it represents the orbit circle and the horizontal axis . The dashed short segment schematically highlights near ; it is not intended to fix the unspecified size or shape of . The marked positive crossing is the local slice point; the opposite crossing is the other point of . The proof uses the displayed action and derivative, not the drawing.