Gauge symmetry is a redundancy rather than a physical symmetry

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In modern physics, gauge symmetry is understood not as a true physical symmetry that transforms one physical state into another, but rather as a mathematical redundancy arising from describing physical systems with overcomplete variables.

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The claim is a well-established foundational concept in physics and philosophy of science: gauge symmetries represent redundancies in the mathematical description (orbits of equivalent descriptions) rather than actual physical transformations. Literature on gauge theories (e.g., papers 4 and 6) explicitly refers to gauge freedom as a gauge redundancy.

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Dressing vs. Fixing: On How to Extract and Interpret Gauge-Invariant Content.

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Berghofer P, François J. Dressing vs. Fixing: On How to Extract and Interpret Gauge-Invariant Content.. 2024. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10701-024-00809-y

Paper [4] discusses how gauge-variant elementary fields necessitate extraction of gauge-invariant content, reflecting the standard view that gauge degrees of freedom represent redundancy rather than physical observables.

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Matrix Quantum Mechanics and Entanglement Entropy: A Review.

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Fliss JR, Frenkel A. Matrix Quantum Mechanics and Entanglement Entropy: A Review.. 2025. https://doi.org/10.3390/e28010058

Paper [6] reviews entanglement entropy in theories with gauge redundancy, treating gauge symmetry as a redundant description of the physical system rather than a physical symmetry.

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