Spin invariants of multivectors (Q1386760)

Let \(\text{Cl}(p,q)\) be a real universal Clifford algebra which is isomorphic to the matrix algebra \(R(2m)\). It is shown that on the linear subspace \(\text{Cl}^{k}(p,q)\) of \(k\)-vectors the determinant can be written as a product of two polynomials of degree \(m\). The definition of a decomposable \(k\)-vector is introduced and it is proved that for any such vector \(u\) we have \(\text{det}(u)=+Q^{m}(u)\) with \(Q\) being a quadratic form associated to \(\text{Cl}(p,q)\). Some spin invariants on \(\text{Cl}^{k}(p,q)\) are considered, in particular those on the bivector spaces \(\text{Cl}^{2}(p,p)\) for \(p=2\) and \(p=3\).