Intertwining operators for iterated Dirac operators over Minkowski-type spaces (Q1260892)

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Intertwining operators for iterated Dirac operators over Minkowski-type spaces
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    Intertwining operators for iterated Dirac operators over Minkowski-type spaces (English)
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    5 September 1993
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    It is well known that the group of orientation preserving motions of a hyperbolic space can be described in terms of the corresponding Vahlen group. Generalizing this result the author shows how to describe the Möbius transformations of \(\mathbb{R}^{p,q}\) (with inner product \(\sum^ p_{j=1} x_ jy_ j-\sum^{p+q}_{j=p+1} x_ jy_ j)\) via a group \(V(p,q)\) of \((2 \times 2)\)-matrices whose entries belong to a Clifford algebra and satisfy suitable constraints. Vahlen groups over \(\mathbb{C}^ n\) are also discussed. In the final section the author investigates the equivariance properties of the Dirac operator over \(\mathbb{R}^{p,q}\) with respect to \(V(p,q)\) and a suitable conformal weight (automorphy factor). He also points out that some known results can now be extended to \(\mathbb{C}^ n\) and used to obtain an intertwining operator for the Plemelj formulae.
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    hyperbolic space
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    Vahlen group
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    Möbius transformations
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    Clifford algebra
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    Dirac operator
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    Plemelj formulae
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