Quadratic Mappings and Clifford Algebras

Helmstetter, Jacques; Micali, Artibano

After a classical presentation of quadratic mappings and Clifford algebras over arbitrary rings (commutative, associative, with unit), other topics involve more original methods: interior multiplications allow an effective treatment of deformations of Clifford algebras; the relations between automorphisms of quadratic forms and Clifford algebras are based on the concept of the Lipschitz monoid, from which several groups are derived; and the Cartan-Chevalley theory of hyperbolic spaces becomes much more general, precise and effective.

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Published by: Birkhäuser

Publication Date: 2008-04-17

Format: Hardcover

ISBN-13: 9783764386054

DOI: 10.1007/978-3-7643-8606-1

Dimensions: 235cm x165cm

Pages: 504