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Publisher:
Cambridge University Press
Online publication date:
November 2009
Print publication year:
2001
Online ISBN:
9780511526022
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.1017/CBO9780511526022
Subjects:
Mathematics (general), Mathematics, Geometry and Topology, Algebra
Series:
London Mathematical Society Lecture Note Series (286)
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Book description

In this book, Professor Lounesto offers a unique introduction to Clifford algebras and spinors. The initial chapters could be read by undergraduates; vectors, complex numbers and quaternions are introduced with an eye on Clifford algebras. The next chapters will also interest physicists, and include treatments of the quantum mechanics of the electron, electromagnetism and special relativity with a flavour of Clifford algebras. This book also gives the first comprehensive survey of recent research on Clifford algebras. A new classification of spinors is introduced, based on bilinear covariants of physical observables. This reveals a new class of spinors, residing between the Weyl, Majorana and Dirac spinors. Scalar products of spinors are classified by involutory anti-automorphisms of Clifford algebras. This leads to the chessboard of automorphism groups of scalar products of spinors. On the analytic side, Brauer-Wall groups and Witt rings are discussed, and Caucy's integral formula is generalized to higher dimensions.

Reviews

‘The author gives a concise but thorough introduction to spinors and Clifford algebras extending from the very beginning to present research … A very recommendable book for everyone interested in this field.’

G. Kowol Source: Monatschefte fur Mathematik

‘This book sets standards in the field of quality and careful notation, especially in the relation of several kinds of spinors. It is highly recommended to teachers and researchers active in this field.’

B. Fauser Source: Zentralblatt für Mathematik

‘This book cannot be underestimated in its current influence.’

B. Fauser Source: Zentralblatt für Mathematik

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