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The iterated BRST cohomology is studied by computing cohomology of the variational complex on the infinite order jet space of a smooth fibre bundle. This computation also provides a solution of the global inverse problem of the calculus of variations in Lagrangian field theory.
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Giachetta, G., Mangiarotti, L. & Sardanashvily, G. Iterated BRST Cohomology. Letters in Mathematical Physics 53, 143–156 (2000). https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1026782822059
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