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The generalization of Stokes' theorem to non-orientable manifolds shows that a suitable topology can appear to carry net electromagnetic charge. By treating this as the origin of electric charge in nature one explains the non-existence of magnetic monopoles.
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Rafael D. Sorkin (1977) studied this question.
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