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We give a brief overview how to generalize a BF theory to 2BF and 3BF theories within the higher gauge theory framework. We find that, for the BF theory, there is a deformation giving the formulation of the standard Yang-Mills theory. In this work we study the generalizations of the Yang-Mills theory to the 2-form Yang-Mills theory and construct the 3-form Yang-Mills theory. Then, for the 2BF and 3BF theories, we give good deformed models, 2BFYM and 3BFYM, describing the corresponding dynamics of 2-form Yang-Mills and 3-form Yang-Mills.

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The YM theory has been generalized to 2YM and 3YM theories. Similarly, we generalize the BFYM theory to “2BFYM” and “3BFYM” theories. Then, we show that these higher BFYM theories can give the formulations of the corresponding higher form YM theories. Finally, we study the gauge symmetries of these higher BFYM theories.