nLab vector representation

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Context

Representation theory

representation theory

geometric representation theory

Ingredients

representation, 2-representation, ∞-representation

Geometric representation theory

Representation theory

Spin geometry

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Definition

Let GSpin(V)πSO(V)G \coloneqq Spin(V) \overset{\pi}{\to} SO(V) be a spin group extension of a special orthogonal group, or more generally a Pin group-extension of an orthogonal group (or Lorentz group, …).

Then a spin representation of Spin(V)Spin(V) is called the vector representation if it comes via π\pi from the defining linear representation of SO(V)SO(V) on the vector space underlying the given inner product space VV.

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