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SIGMA, 2016 Volume 12, 116, 6 pp. (Mi sigma1198)

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The Quaternions and Bott Periodicity Are Quantum Hamiltonian Reductions

Theo Johnson-Freyd

Perimeter Institute for Theoretical Physics, Waterloo, ON, Canada

Abstract: We show that the Morita equivalences $\mathrm{Cliff}(4) \simeq {\mathbb H}$, $\mathrm{Cliff}(7) \simeq \mathrm{Cliff}(-1)$, and $\mathrm{Cliff}(8) \simeq {\mathbb R}$ arise from quantizing the Hamiltonian reductions ${\mathbb R}^{0|4} // \mathrm{Spin}(3)$, ${\mathbb R}^{0|7} // G_2$, and ${\mathbb R}^{0|8} // \mathrm{Spin}(7)$, respectively.

Keywords: Clifford algebras; quaternions; Bott periodicity; Morita equivalence; quantum Hamiltonian reduction; super symplectic geometry.

MSC: 15A66; 53D20; 16D90; 81Q60

Received: August 30, 2016; in final form December 9, 2016; Published online December 11, 2016

Language: English

DOI: 10.3842/SIGMA.2016.116



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ArXiv: 1603.06603


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