Extended Grassmann and Clifford algebras (Q871877)

The paper is devoted to the investigation of Grassmann and Clifford algebras over Peano spaces. The formalism presented explains how the concept of chirality stems from the bracket, as defined by \textit{M. Barnabei, A. Brini} and \textit{G.-C. Rota} in [J. Algebra 96, 120--160 (1985; Zbl 0585.15005)]. It is shown that the exterior (regressive) algebra shares the exterior (progressive) algebra in the direct sum of chiral and achiral subspaces. The duality between scalars and volume elements, respectively, under the progressive and the regressive products is shown to have chirality, in the case when the dimension of the Peano space is even. The extended Clifford algebra is introduced in the light of the periodicity theorem of Clifford algebras, wherein the Clifford and extended Clifford algebras \(Cl _{p,q}\) can be embedded in \(Cl _{p+1,q+1}\), which is shown to be exactly the extended Clifford algebra.