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Some remarks on Spin-orbits of unit vectors

Algebraic Geometry 2024-07-04 v3 Commutative Algebra K-Theory and Homology

Abstract

For nNn \in \mathbb{N} and a commutative ring RR with 2R×2 \in R^{\times}, the group SLn(R)SL_n (R) acts on the set Umn(R)Um_n (R) of unimodular vectors of length nn and Spin2n(R)Spin_{2n}(R) acts on the set of unit vectors U2n1(R)U_{2n-1}(R). We give an example of a ring for which the comparison map Umn(R)/SLn(R)U2n1(R)/Spin2n(R)Um_n (R)/SL_n (R) \rightarrow U_{2n-1}(R)/Spin_{2n}(R) fails to be bijective.

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@article{arxiv.2308.11120,
  title  = {Some remarks on Spin-orbits of unit vectors},
  author = {Tariq Syed},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2308.11120},
  year   = {2024}
}

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