BRS operators and covariant derivatives in loop space for p-branes coupled to Yang-Mills

Canonical forms are given for the nilpotent BRS operator δ and the covariant 'loop space' derivative Dμ for the p-brane fields for all odd p. The defining characteristic of Dμ is that it is a functional derivative operator which generalizes the ordinary functional derivative and also commutes with δ. Methods of construction for the canonical forms are discussed. (orig.)