PBW equivalence for a Clifford filtration #
This file identifies the associated graded algebra of the Clifford degree filtration with the
exterior algebra when 2 is invertible. It combines the equivalences on the successive quotients
with their compatibility with homogeneous multiplication.
This completes the associated-graded-algebra part of Layer 0 in the spin representations roadmap.
Main definition #
CliffordAlgebra.associatedGradedEquivExterior: the algebra equivalence from the associated graded of the Clifford filtration to the exterior algebra.
Main result #
CliffordAlgebra.prod_map_ι_ofFn_ne_zero: a linearly independent finite family has a nonzero ordered product of Clifford generators.
References #
- C. Chevalley, The Algebraic Theory of Spinors (1954), Chapter II.
- H. B. Lawson and M.-L. Michelsohn, Spin Geometry (1989), Proposition I.1.2.
An ordered product of Clifford generators from a linearly independent finite family is nonzero, in every characteristic. This is the multiplicative PBW independence statement.
The canonical equivalence from each graded filtration piece to the corresponding exterior power.
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Instances For
The degree-zero piece equivalence sends a scalar class to the corresponding exterior scalar.
The inverse degree-zero piece equivalence sends an exterior scalar to its scalar class.
The associated graded of the Clifford filtration is the exterior algebra.
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Instances For
The associated-graded equivalence on an arbitrary homogeneous piece.
The inverse associated-graded equivalence on an arbitrary exterior power.
On a positive-degree homogeneous piece, the total equivalence is filtrationGradedEquiv.
The inverse on a positive-degree exterior power is the inverse graded equivalence.