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Real Clifford group, Pin, and the two Spin subgroups

Definition

Let (V,B) be a finite-dimensional nondegenerate real quadratic space with Q(v)=B(v,v), and let Cl(V,Q) use v2=Q(v)1. Use the grading involution α and Clifford conjugation xˉ from Clifford involutions and the norm of a vector product. Let Cl0 and Cl1 be the even and odd parts for word-length parity. Define the unrestricted twisted Clifford normalizer as the set

Γ(V,B)={x∈Cl(V,Q)×:α(x)vx−1∈V for every v∈V},ρx(v)=α(x)vx−1.

Define the normalized anisotropic vectors U(V,Q)={u∈V:∣Q(u)∣=1}. For dim⁡V>0, Pin(V,Q) is the subgroup of Cl(V,Q)× generated by U(V,Q); for V=0, set Pin(0)={1,−1}. Define

Spin⁡full(V,Q)=Pin⁡(V,Q)∩Cl0,Spin⁡N=1(V,Q)={x∈Spin⁡full(V,Q):N(x)=1}.

For definite signature, the conventional names Pin+(n) and Pin−(n) mean the groups in Cln,0 and Cl0,n, respectively. In mixed signature the subscript “full” is retained because the full even subgroup and the norm-one subgroup can have different images.

Remarks

The unrestricted normalizer's closure and homogeneity are local proof obligations in this pair. The scalar −1 is included explicitly in dimension zero.

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