Spinor Group

In mathematics the spinor group Spin(n) is a particular double cover of the special orthogonal group SO(n, R). That is, there exists a short exact sequence of Lie groups
1\to\mathbb{Z}_2\to\operatorname{Spin}(n)\to\operatorname{SO}(n)\to 1
For n > 2, Spin(n) is simply connected and so coincides with the universal cover of SO(n, R). As a Lie group Spin(n) therefore shares its dimension n(n-1)/2 and its Lie algebra with the special orthogonal group. Spin(n) can be constructed as a subgroup of the invertible elements in the Clifford algebra C(n). See also: spinor, spinor bundle, anyon

 

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