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Locality

Why is it interesting?

Layman

Explanations in this section should contain no formulas, but instead colloquial things like you would hear them during a coffee break or at a cocktail party.

Student

In this section things should be explained by analogy and with pictures and, if necessary, some formulas.

Researcher

Q:Locality principle - What does it mean physically?

A: Global field configurations have to be obtained by summing up local data. That means by gluing local field configurations together.

Q: What does it mean mathematically?

A: This is captured by the theory of sheaves.

https://ncatlab.org/schreiber/files/EggertsonGaugeAndGroupoids14.pdf

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