Spheres with more than 7 vector fields: All the fault of \(\mathrm{Spin}(9)\)

DOI10.1016/j.laa.2012.06.046zbMath1266.15044arXiv1107.0462MaRDI QIDQ1931724

Maurizio Parton, Paolo Piccinni

Publication date: 16 January 2013

Published in: Linear Algebra and its Applications (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/1107.0462

zbMATH Keywords

quaternions; octonians; vector fields on spheres; \(\mathrm{Spin}(9)\)

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

57R25: Vector fields, frame fields in differential topology

15B33: Matrices over special rings (quaternions, finite fields, etc.)

53C27: Spin and Spin({}^c) geometry

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