Integral matrices of type-D spin generators #
The invariant spin lattice gives an integral matrix for each numbered simple root generator of
type Dₙ. Each generator squares to zero, so its root subgroup points are 1 + u X over any
commutative ring.
Each generator acts through an even Clifford element, so it preserves the exterior parity of the
spin module: it maps the even half-spin summand S⁺ and the odd one S⁻ into themselves. In the
lattice basis, indexed by sign sets, this says that the integral matrix vanishes at every entry
joining two sign sets whose cardinalities have different parities.
Main declarations #
TauCeti.TypeDSpinCarrier.rootIntMatrix: the integral matrix of a numbered root generator.TauCeti.TypeDSpinCarrier.rootIntMatrix_apply_of_eq: a signed root step determines its integral matrix column.TauCeti.TypeDSpinCarrier.coe_rootSubgroupPoints_eq_one_add_smul: a numbered root-subgroup point is1 + u X.TauCeti.TypeDSpinCarrier.rootIntMatrix_eq_zero_of_card_ne: the integral matrix does not join the two half-spin summands.
References #
- C. Chevalley, The Algebraic Theory of Spinors, Chapter II.
- W. Fulton and J. Harris, Representation Theory: A First Course, §20.2.
The matrix construction and its column formula use the generic Kostant lattice API, and the
carrier interface follows the type-B one in
TauCeti.Algebra.Lie.Orthogonal.TypeB.SpinCarrier.IntegralMatrix.
A represented root generator acts on a lattice basis vector by its integral matrix column.
A signed root-generator step gives the corresponding signed integral matrix column.
A numbered root subgroup point is 1 + u X for the integral matrix of its generator.
The integral matrix of a numbered root generator does not join the two half-spin summands: its entry vanishes whenever the two sign sets have cardinalities of different parities.