| Summary: | A systematic method is presented for the construction and classification of algebras of gauge transformations for arbitrary high rank tensor gauge fields. For any tensor gauge field of a given rank, the gauge transformation will be stated, in a generic way, via an ansatz that contains all the possible terms, with arbitrary coefficients and the maximum number of tensor gauge functions. Although the requirement for the closure of the algebra will prove to be restrictive, a variety of legitimate choices remains. Adjusting properly the values of the initial coefficients and imposing restrictions on the gauge functions, one can, on the one hand, recover the so far analysed algebras and on the other, construct new ones. The presentation of a new algebra for tensor gauge transformations is the central result of this article.
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