Quadratic mappings and Clifford algebras
By: Jacques Helmstetter, Artibano Micali.
Contributors: Micali, Artibano.
Publisher: Birkhäuser
Published: 2008
Place of publication: Basel; Boston
Language: eng
Number of pages: 504
ISBN-13: 9783764386054
Subjects: Clifford algebras; Forms, Quadratic
Description: 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.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [489]-497) and indexes.