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We determine all gauge-natural forms on a principal fiber bundle with values in an arbitrary associated vector bundle, which generalize the classical Chern-Weil forms.
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Kolář, I. Gauge-natural forms of Chern-Weil type. Ann Glob Anal Geom 11, 41–47 (1993). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00773363
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00773363