The bivector Clifford algebra and the geometry of Hodge dual operators
- 7 November 1992
- journal article
- Published by IOP Publishing in Journal of Physics A: General Physics
- Vol. 25 (21) , 5649-5662
- https://doi.org/10.1088/0305-4470/25/21/021
Abstract
This article describes features of a natural representation of the Clifford algebra of the space of bivectors of a four-dimensional vector space, the representation space being the vector space plus its dual. Vectors and covectors are then pure spinors. The natural map taking a pure spinor to a totally null 3-bivector is shown to be intertwined with the operation of lowering or raising by a metric with the action of the Hodge dual operator. New formulae exhibiting a metric in terms of its dial operator are presented, as are a few applications.Keywords
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