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It shown that if a vector space carries commuting actions of two Clifford algebras, then the quadratic monomials using generators from either Clifford algebra determine a spinor representation of an orthogonal Lie algebra. Examples of this…

Mathematical Physics · Physics 2024-10-29 John W. Barrett

Space-times admitting a 3-dimensional Lie group of conformal motions $C_3$ acting on null orbits are studied. Coordinate expressions for the metric and the conformal Killing vectors (CKV) are provided (irrespectively of the matter content)…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2015-06-25 A. M. Sintes , A. A. Coley , J. Carot

A model of Yang-Mills interactions and gravity in terms of the Clifford algebra Cl(0,6) is presented. The gravity and Yang-Mills actions are formulated as different order terms in a generalized action. The feebleness of gravity as well as…

General Physics · Physics 2011-03-17 Wei Lu

We develop a general theory of Clifford algebras for finite morphisms of schemes and describe applications to the theory of Ulrich bundles and connections to period-index problems for curves of genus 1.

Algebraic Geometry · Mathematics 2025-06-03 Daniel Krashen , Max Lieblich

This is a short presentation of some classical results on finite dimensional complex Lie algebras (classification of nilpotent Lie algebras, deformations and perturbations, contractions and rigidity). We present some applications to…

Rings and Algebras · Mathematics 2008-05-06 Michel Goze

In these notes we introduce the Clifford algebra of a quadratic space using techniques from universal algebra and algebraic theory of quadratic forms. We also define the Clifford, Pin and Spin groups associated to the algebra, and study how…

General Mathematics · Mathematics 2019-05-28 Marcos R. A. Arcodía

The Standard Model of particle physics is derived from first principles from the free Dirac Lagrangian in 8-dimensional spacetime. Motivated by second quantization arguments, we embed the 4-dimensional Clifford algebra of the Dirac…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2026-05-18 Gonçalo M. Quinta

In this article we construct a cochain complex of a complex Clifford algebra with coefficients in itself in a combinatorial fashion and we call the corresponding cohomology by {\it Clifford cohomology.} We show that {\it Clifford…

Algebraic Topology · Mathematics 2022-12-19 Bikram Banerjee , Goutam Mukherjee

We use Clifford algebras to construct a unified formalism for studying constant extrinsic curvature immersed surfaces in riemannian and semi-riemannian $3$-manifolds in terms of immersed bilegendrian surfaces in their unitary bundles. As an…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2023-08-15 Graham Smith

We present a discussion of the generalized Clifford group over non-cyclic finite abelian groups. These Clifford groups appear naturally in the theory of topological error correction and abelian anyon models. We demonstrate a generalized…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2024-02-22 Milo Moses , Jacek Horecki , Konrad Deka , Jan Tulowiecki

General braided counterparts of classical Clifford algebras are introduced and investigated. Braided Clifford algebras are defined as Chevalley-Kahler deformations of the corresponding braided exterior algebras. Analogs of the spinor…

q-alg · Mathematics 2008-02-03 Mico Durdevic , Zbigniew Oziewicz

We show how to use Clifford algebra techniques to describe the de Rham cohomology ring of equal rank compact symmetric spaces $G/K$. In particular, for $G/K=U(n)/U(k)\times U(n-k)$, we obtain a new way of multiplying Schur polynomials,…

Representation Theory · Mathematics 2024-11-19 Kieran Calvert , Karmen Grizelj , Andrey Krutov , Pavle Pandžić

The power of Clifford or, geometric, algebra lies in its ability to represent geometric operations in a concise and elegant manner. Clifford algebras provide the natural generalizations of complex, dual numbers and quaternions into…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2023-08-07 Dimiter Prodanov

We examine the structure of the Clifford algebra associated with a Hermitian bilinear form and apply the result to a dynamical model of the relativistic point particle. The dynamics of the particle is described by a Dirac spinor with…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2007-05-23 Kaare Borchsenius

All deformations of two dimensional centrally extended Galilei group are classified. The corresponding quantum Lie algebras are found.

Quantum Algebra · Mathematics 2011-09-22 Anna Opanowicz

CLIFFORD performs various computations in Grassmann and Clifford algebras. It can compute with quaternions, octonions, and matrices with entries in Cl(B) - the Clifford algebra of a vector space V endowed with an arbitrary bilinear form B.…

Mathematical Physics · Physics 2013-01-14 Rafal Ablamowicz , Bertfried Fauser

In this article, the structure of the Clifford-Weyl superalgebras and their associated Lie superalgebras will be investigated. These superalgebras have a natural supersymmetric inner product which is invariant under their Lie superalgebra…

Mathematical Physics · Physics 2023-10-24 Nasser Boroojerdian

The quantized canonical space-time coordinates of a relativistic point particle are expressed in terms of the elements of a complex Clifford algebra which combines the complex properties of SL(2.C) and quantum mechanics. When the quantum…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2008-11-26 Kaare Borchsenius

The real monomial representations of Clifford algebras give rise to two sequences of bent functions. For each of these sequences, the corresponding Cayley graphs are strongly regular graphs, and the corresponding sequences of strongly…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2019-04-22 Paul Leopardi

Generalized Clifford algebras (GCAs) and their physical applications were extensively studied for about a decade from 1967 by Alladi Ramakrishnan and his collaborators under the name of L-matrix theory. Some aspects of GCAs and their…

Mathematical Physics · Physics 2010-05-25 R. Jagannathan