Second gravity

Abstract: In 1925 Elie Cartan described `triality' cite{CARTAN25}, cite{CARTAN} as a symmetry between SO

(8; m a t h b b C)

vectors and the two types of Spin

(8; m a t h b b C)

spinor. It is known that the reduced generators of the Clifford algebra

m a t h b b C_{8}

defined on the real, eight-dimensional Euclidean space

m a t h b b E_{8}

satisfy an identity that guarantees the existence of matrix representations (acting on the vector and spinor bundles of

m a t h b b E_{8}

) of triality. Analogously, let

m a t h b b E_{4, 4}

denote a real eight-dimensional pseudo-Euclidean vector space that is endowed with an indefinite inner product with signature

(+, +, +, -,;, -, -, -, +)

. As a normed vector space,

m a t h b b E_{4, 4} c o n g M_{3, 1} i m e s^{*}! M_{3, 1}

, where

M_{3, 1}

and

^{*}! M_{3, 1}

denote real four-dimensional Minkowski spacetimes, with opposite signatures. %Clearly, bilocal Minkowski field theories may be cast on the

m a t h b b E_{4, 4}

spacetime. The reduced generators (i.e., the Dirac matrices) of the pseudo Clifford algebra

m a t h b b C_{4, 4}

defined on

m a t h b b E_{4, 4}

satisfy an identity

,

cite{NASH86}

,,,

cite{NASH90} that guarantees the existence of invertible linear mappings between each of the two types of

o v e r l i n e S 0 (4, 4; m a t h b b R)

spinor and the

S 0 (4, 4; m a t h b b R)

vector, thereby realizing matrix representations of triality that act on the vector and spinor bundles of the spacetime

m a t h b b E_{4, 4}

. In this note we generalize this identity (see Eq.[ ef{newIdentity}]).

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