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A new approach to gauge fields on a discrete space-time is proposed, in which the fundamental object is a discrete version of a principal fibre bundle. If the bundle is twisted, the gauge fields are topologically non-trivial automatically.
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Manton, N.S. Connections on discrete fibre bundles. Commun.Math. Phys. 113, 341–351 (1987). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01223516
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