A Canonical Approach to the Einstein-Hilbert Action in Two Spacetime Dimensions

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10 pages, references are added and the compact form of gauge transformations is given

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10.1142/S0217732305018086

The canonical structure of the Einstein-Hilbert Lagrange density $L=\sqrt{-g}R$ is examined in two spacetime dimensions, using the metric density $h^{\mu \nu}\equiv \sqrt{-g}g^{\mu \nu}$ and symmetric affine connection $\Gamma_{\sigma \beta}^\lambda $ as dynamical variables. The Hamiltonian reduces to a linear combination of three first class constraints with a local SO(2,1) algebra. The first class constraints are used to find a generator of gauge transformations that has a closed off-shell algebra and which leaves the Lagrangian and $\det (h^{\mu \nu})$ invariant. These transformations are distinct from diffeomorphism invariance, and are gauge transformations characterized by a symmetric matrix $\zeta_{\mu \nu}$.

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