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October 31, 2012
Wednesday, October 31
Noncommutative Geometry
Time: 14:30
Speaker: Asghar Ghorbanpour (Western)
Title: "NCG Learning Seminar: Spin Groups and their Representation Theory"
Room: MC 107

Abstract: The spin group, $Spin(n)$, for $n>2$, can be defined as the universal covering group of $SO(n)$. They can be explicitly constructed as a subgroup of the group of invertible elements of the Clifford algebra. One can easily see that any irreducible $SO(n)$ representation gives an irreducible representation of $Spin(n)$, however, some irreducible $Spin(n)$ representations cannot be constructed in this way. The main goal of this talk is to construct such representations using the representation theory of Clifford algebras.