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Spacetime groups and spin covers

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Spacetime groups and spin covers
ObjectKindEssential dataCoverage
SU(2)
Special unitary group
Group
Lie theory
dimℝ 3executable
7 linked workbenchs
Spin(4)
Euclidean spin group in four dimensions
Group
Lie theory
dimℝ 6reference
Sourced record
SL(2,ℂ)
Lorentz spin group
Group
Lie theory
dimℝ 6reference
Sourced record
Spin(8)
Simply connected compact spin group in eight dimensions
Group
Lie theory
dimℝ 28executable
1 linked workbench
Spin(10)
Simply connected compact spin group in ten dimensions
Group
Lie theory
dimℝ 45executable
1 linked workbench
SO₀(1,3)
Proper orthochronous Lorentz group in four dimensions
Group
Lie theory
dimℝ 6reference
Sourced record
SU(2) → SO(3)
Spin cover of three-dimensional rotations
Map
Lie theory
SO(3)executable
1 linked workbench
SU(2) → SU(3), spin 1
Principal spin-one homomorphism into SU(3)
Map
Lie theory
An SU(3)-conjugate of the real SO(3) subgroupexecutable
2 linked workbenchs
Spin(4) → SO(4)
Quaternionic spin cover in four Euclidean dimensions
Map
Lie theory
SO(4)reference
Sourced record
SU(4) → SO(6)
Exterior-square realization of the Spin(6) cover
Map
Lie theory
SO(6)reference
Sourced record
Sp(2) → SO(5)
Quaternionic construction of the Spin(5) cover
Map
Lie theory
SO(5)reference
Sourced record
Spin(8) → SO(8)
Vector spin cover in eight Euclidean dimensions
Map
Lie theory
SO(8)reference
Sourced record
Spin(10) → SO(10)
Vector spin cover in ten Euclidean dimensions
Map
Lie theory
SO(10)reference
Sourced record
SL(2, C) → SO₀(1,3)
Hermitian-matrix Lorentz spin cover
Map
Lie theory
SO₀(1,3)reference
Sourced record
SU(2,2) → SO₀(2,4)
Exterior-square spin cover in signature (2,4)
Map
Lie theory
SO₀(2,4)reference
Sourced record
Sp(4, R) → SO₀(2,3)
Primitive-exterior-square spin cover in signature (2,3)
Map
Lie theory
SO₀(2,3)reference
Sourced record
D4 · (1,0,0,0)
Vector of Spin(8)
Representation
Lie theory
dimℂ 8executable
1 linked workbench
D4 · (0,0,1,0)
Half-spin representation of Spin(8)
Representation
Lie theory
dimℂ 8executable
1 linked workbench
D4 · (0,0,0,1)
Other half-spin representation of Spin(8)
Representation
Lie theory
dimℂ 8executable
1 linked workbench
D5 · (1,0,0,0,0)
Vector of Spin(10)
Representation
Lie theory
dimℂ 10executable
1 linked workbench
D5 · (0,0,0,0,1)
Chiral spinor of Spin(10)
Representation
Lie theory
dimℂ 16executable
1 linked workbench
D5 · (0,0,0,1,0)
Conjugate chiral spinor of Spin(10)
Representation
Lie theory
dimℂ 16executable
1 linked workbench
D5 · (0,1,0,0,0)
Adjoint of Spin(10)
Representation
Lie theory
dimℂ 45executable
1 linked workbench