Hurwitz theorem and parallelizable spheres from tensor analysis

DOI10.1142/S0217751X01005213MaRDI QIDQ2762387zbMATH OpenFDO

Authors L. N. Alejo-Armenta, J. A. Nieto

Publication date 20 October 2002

Published in International Journal of Modern Physics A (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL https://arxiv.org/abs/hep-th/0005184

zbMATH Keywords

Cayley-Dickson algebrascomposition algebrasdivision algebrasFrobenius theoremHopf mapsHurwitz theoremnormed algebrasparallelizable spherestensor algebratensor analysis

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Supersymmetry and quantum mechanics (81Q60)

Abstract: By using tensor analysis, we find a connection between normed algebras and the parallelizability of the spheres S${}^1$, S${}^3$ and S${}^7.$ In this process, we discovered the analogue of Hurwitz theorem for curved spaces and a geometrical unified formalism for the metric and the torsion. In order to achieve these goals we first develope a proof of Hurwitz theorem based in tensor analysis. It turns out that in contrast to the doubling procedure and Clifford algebra mechanism, our proof is entirely based in tensor algebra applied to the normed algebra condition. From the tersor analysis point of view our proof is straightforward and short. We also discuss a possible connection between our formalism and the Cayley-Dickson algebras and Hopf maps.

Review text

The authors give a tensor algebra based proof of the Hurwitz theorem. While this first part of the paper is neither very precise -- the Hurwitz theorem is stated incompletely -- nor original and fails to give recent references in the field [see e.g. \textit{S. Okubo}, Introduction to Octonion and other Non-Associative Algebras in Physics, Cambridge University Press, Cambridge (1995; Zbl 0841.17001); \textit{G. M. Dixon}, Division Algebras: Octonions, Complex Numbers and the Algebraic Design of Physics, Kluwer Acad. Publ., Dordrecht (1994; Zbl 0807.15024); \textit{B. Eckmann}, Comment. Math. Helv. 15, 358-366 (1943; Zbl 0028.10402)] its second part is quite interesting; using the omposition law and the algebraic identities derived therefrom for the multiplication table coefficients, the authors show that a Hurwitz theorem can be derived for pseudo norms, e.g. Minkowski metrics, and using Cartan-Shouten equations even for function valued metrics: as an example spheres are considered. This link allows to connect the parallelizability of spheres, Hopf maps and the Hurwitz theorem. Once more the authors fail to provide standard references [see \textit{H. Whitney}, Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U.S.A., 21, 464-468 (1935; Zbl 0012.12603)].

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