Abstract
Abstract It is pointed out that the partition function of a lattice pure-gauge theory in two dimensions does not depend on the manner in which the base manifold, M, is triangulated. This is the discretized equivalent of the metric independence of the continuum partition function and suggests that the models are topological in nature. An illustration is provided by Wilson loops of expectation value zero which are related to the homology group H 1 of M.
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