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For conventional topological phases, the boundary gapless modes are determined by bulk topologicalinvariants.
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With unchanged bulk topologicalinvariants, their first-order boundaries undergo transitions separating different phases with second-order boundary zero modes.
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We define winding numbers around these vortex lines and identify them to be the bulk topologicalinvariants for a class of semimetals.