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Finite-Dimensional Q-Exact Deformation Invariance
Statement
Let be an oriented smooth manifold of finite dimension , with integration cycle , smooth positive volume form , graded algebra , and integral of the degree- part. Let be a smooth odd derivation of , let be smooth even forms, let be a smooth odd form, and let be a nonempty open interval. Suppose , for every , and for every , including the zero-boundary-flux condition. Write . Suppose that is integrable for each , is differentiable in almost everywhere with measurable derivative, and that for every compact one integrable majorant bounds both and for all , outside one null set. Then
is constant on , and for every ,
In particular, the conclusion is finite-dimensional and applies only at finite parameter values in ; it gives no saddle-point limit and no identity for an infinite-dimensional continuum functional integral.
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Facts & Assumptions
Given: satisfying the Statement, with -invariant integration on each , the stated condition, and the compact-parameter integrable majorants.
Finite-Dimensional Q-Exact Localization Data: , , , and is an odd derivation with the graded Leibniz rule. For a complex coefficient depending on real , is the limit in of as real . -invariance is the integrated identity on the specified admissible class; zero divergence together with zero boundary flux is a sufficient condition for obtaining that identity by graded integration by parts, and the two conditions are distinct.
Differentiation under the integral sign: for a measurable family whose sections are integrable, whose parameter derivative exists almost everywhere and is measurable, and whose derivative has one majorant uniform on an open parameter interval, the integral is differentiable and .
The derivative of at a point that is a limit point of , and differentiability on a set: for a real-valued function at an interior point , is the finite limit of as , .
A function continuous on an interval whose derivative vanishes at every interior point of is constant on ; consequently two such functions with the same derivative differ by a constant: a real-valued function continuous on an interval and differentiable at every interior point with derivative zero throughout is constant on that interval.
Proof
Put . Since is even, coefficientwise differentiation of its exponential gives . The top-degree projection is linear and is independent of , so .
The assumptions and give . The graded Leibniz rule, , and the odd parity of then give .
Fix and choose with . The majorant makes every integrable on and bounds its measurable parameter derivative there by one function. Applying [F2] on , and using step 1.1, gives .
Substituting step 1.2 into the derivative formula of step 2.1 yields by the exact integrated -invariance identity assumed in the Statement for . Since was arbitrary, vanishes throughout .
Write with real functions . Step 3.1 implies that both real difference quotients have limit zero at every . By [F3], for each and all sufficiently small nonzero , and ; hence and are continuous at every . Applying [F4] to each component shows that both are constant on . Therefore is constant on .
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Finite-Dimensional Q-Exact Localization Data
Differentiation under the integral sign
The derivative of at a point that is a limit point of , and differentiability on a set
A function continuous on an interval whose derivative vanishes at every interior point of is constant on ; consequently two such functions with the same derivative differ by a constant