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We give a detailed proof of the conjecture by Hohm and Zwiebach in double field theory. This result implies that their proposal for large gauge transformations in terms of the Jacobian matrix for coordinate transformations is, as required, equivalent to the standard exponential map associated with the generalized Lie derivative along a suitable parameter.
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Naseer, U. A note on large gauge transformations in double field theory. J. High Energ. Phys. 2015, 2 (2015). https://doi.org/10.1007/JHEP06(2015)002
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