advanced_tools:spinors
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| - | A spinor is a mathematical object similar to a [[basic_tools:vector_calculus|vector]]. However, while a vector points in some spatial direction, like, for example, in the direction of the north pole, a spinor points in a direction in an [[advanced_tools:internal_symmetries|internal space]]. | + | A spinor is a mathematical object similar to a [[basic_tools:vector_calculus|vector]]. However, while a vector points in some spatial direction, like, for example, in the direction of the north pole, a spinor points in a direction in an [[advanced_tools:internal_symmetry|internal space]]. |
| A curious property of a spinor is that if you rotate it by 360° it isn't the same but get's a minus sign. Only after a rotation by 720° a spinor is again the same. In contrast a vector is completely unchanged if you rotate it by 360°. | A curious property of a spinor is that if you rotate it by 360° it isn't the same but get's a minus sign. Only after a rotation by 720° a spinor is again the same. In contrast a vector is completely unchanged if you rotate it by 360°. | ||
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| <cite>[[https://arxiv.org/abs/1312.3824|An introduction to spinors]] by Andrew M. Steane</cite> | <cite>[[https://arxiv.org/abs/1312.3824|An introduction to spinors]] by Andrew M. Steane</cite> | ||
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| + | <blockquote>No one fully understands spinors. Their algebra is formally understood, but their geometrical significance is mysterious. | ||
| + | In some sense they describe the ‘‘square root’’ of geometry and, just as understanding the concept of p | ||
| + | −1 took centuries, | ||
| + | the same might be true of spinors. <cite>Sir Michael Atiyah</cite></blockquote> | ||
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