Vahlen groups defined over commutative rings

DOI10.1007/S00209-016-1678-XMaRDI QIDQ343617zbMATH OpenOpenAlexWikidataFDO

Authors Justin McInroy

Publication date 28 November 2016

Published in Mathematische Zeitschrift (Search for Journal in Brave)

Copyright license Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International

Full work available at URL https://arxiv.org/abs/1506.05624

zbMATH Keywords

quadratic formcommutative ringsautomorphic formClifford algebratensor algebraVahlen group

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Vector and tensor algebra, theory of invariants (15A72) Free, projective, and flat modules and ideals in associative algebras (16D40) Clifford algebras, spinors (15A66) Other matrix groups over rings (20H25)

Abstract: Elements of a Vahlen group are $2imes2$ matrices with entries in a Clifford algebra satisfying some conditions. Traditionally they have come in both ordinary and paravector type and have been defined (over Clifford algebras) over the real or complex numbers. We extend the definition of both types to be over a commutative ring with an arbitrary quadratic form. We show that they are indeed groups and identify in each case the group as the pin group, spin group, or another subgroup of the Clifford group. Under some mild conditions, for both types we show the equivalence of our definition with a suitably generalised version of the two standard definitions.

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