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The decomposition of the spinor bundle of Grassmann manifolds

Differential Geometry 2011-05-23 v2 Mathematical Physics math.MP

Abstract

The decomposition of the spinor bundle of the spin Grassmann manifolds Gm,n=SO(m+n)/SO(m)×SO(n)G_{m,n}=SO(m+n)/SO(m)\times SO(n) into irreducible representations of so(m)so(n)\mathfrak{so}(m)\oplus\mathfrak{so}(n) is presented. A universal construction is developed and the general statement is proven for G2k+1,3G_{2k+1,3}, G2k,4G_{2k,4}, and G2k+1,5G_{2k+1,5} for all kk. The decomposition is used to discuss properties of the spectrum and the eigenspaces of the Dirac operator.

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@article{arxiv.0710.3245,
  title  = {The decomposition of the spinor bundle of Grassmann manifolds},
  author = {Frank Klinker},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:0710.3245},
  year   = {2011}
}

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30 pages. v2 coincides with published version