Should Metric Signature Matter in Cliiord Algebra Formulations of Physical Theories?
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Standard formulation is unable to distinguish between the (+ + +?) and (???+) spacetime metric signatures. However, the Cliiord algebras associated with each are inequivalent, R(4) in the rst case (real 4 by 4 matrices), H(2) in the latter (quaternionic 2 by 2). Multivector reformu-lations of Dirac theory by various authors look quite inequivalent pending the algebra assumed. It is not clear if this is mere artifact, or if there is a right/wrong choice as to which one describes reality. However, recently it has been shown that one can map from one signature to the other using a tilt transformation8]. The broader question is that if the universe is signature blind, then perhaps a complete theory should be manifestly tilt covariant. A generalized multivector wave equation is proposed which is fully signature invariant in form, because it includes all the components of the algebra in the wavefunction (instead of restricting it to half) as well as all the possibilities for interaction terms.
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تاریخ انتشار 2007