Unitary spaces on Clifford algebras (Q932055)

In \(C\ell_{p,q}\) is introduced a signature dependend Hermitian scalar product which is given by the formulae: \[ (U,V)= \text{Tr}(U^*V),\quad U,V\in C\ell(p,q), \] where the operator Tr (trace) is just the scalar part of an element \(U\in C\ell(p, q)\) and \(\text{Tr}(U^*)= \text{Tr}(U)\). In that way a unitary Euclidean space on a Clifford algebra is introduced. A normal representation of Clifford algebra elements is given. An orthonormal basis for the left ideal of a standard Hermitian idempotent is constructed. Eigenvalue problems in \(C\ell^{\mathbb{R}}(p, q)\) are considered. At the end the unitary group \(UC\ell(p, q)\) is introduced and studied. Interesting new matrix representations could be found for this group.