Working over an arbitrary field F of characteristic not 2, we consider linear algebraic groups over F. We view these as functors, represented by finitely generated F-Hopf algebras, from the category of commutative, associative, F-algebras Alg_F, to the category of groups. Classical examples of these groups, such as the special linear group SL_n are split, however there are also linear algebraic groups arising from central simple F-algebras which are non-split. For example, associated to a non-split central simple F-algebra A of degree n is a non-split special linear group SL(A). It is well known that central simple algebras are twisted forms of matrix algebras. This means that over the separable closure of F, denoted F_sep, we have A⊗_F F_sep ∼= M_n(F_sep) and that there is a twisted Gal(F_sep/F)-action on M_n(F_sep) whose fixed points are A. We show that a similar method of twisted Galois descent can be used to obtain all non-split semisimple linear algebraic groups associated to central simple algebras as fixed points within their split counterparts. In particular, these techniques can be used to construct the spin and half-spin groups Spin(A, τ ) and HSpin(A, τ ) associated to a central simple F-algebra of degree 4n with orthogonal involution. Furthermore, we develop a theory of twisted Galois descent for Hopf algebras and show how the fixed points obtained this way are the representing Hopf algebras of our non-split groups. Returning to the view of group schemes as functors, we discuss how the group schemes we consider are sheaves on the étale site of Alg_F whose stalks are Chevalley groups over local, strictly Henselian F-algebras. This allows us to use the generators and relations presentation of Chevalley groups to explicitly describe group scheme morphisms. After showing how the Kronecker tensor product of matrices induces maps between simply connected groups, we give an explicit description of these maps in terms of Chevalley generators. This allows us to compute the kernel of these new maps composed with standard isogenies and thereby construct new tensor product maps between non-simply connected split groups. These new maps are Gal(F_sep/F)-morphisms and so we apply our techniques of twisted Galois descent to also obtain new tensor product morphisms between non-split groups schemes. Finally, we use one of our new split tensor product maps to compute the degree three cohomological invariants of HSpin_4n for all n.

In this thesis, we are concerning about the Twistor theory, field originally motivated purely physically, although these days fully developed into the many fields of mathem- atics and physics. With its complexion Twistor theory influences algebraic geometry, Clifford analysis as well as the String theory or Theory of quantum gravity. In the thesis we describe the origin of twistors projective or not. Mathematical background to the twistor theory is covered in the first chapter, where we study Clifford algebras and their representations. In the first part of the second chapter we are describing non-projective twistors as representation elements of certain Spin-group, and we find the connection with the standard definition of non-projective twistors as a kernel of the twistor operator. In the last part of the second chapter, we create a space of pro- jective twistors and show its certain properties, especially its correspondence with the complexified compactified Minkowski spacetime.

[pt] A álgebra de Clifford é uma álgebra associativa que pode ser realizada matricialmente. O grupo Spin é uma superfície contida na álgebra de Clifford e fechada por multiplicação. Estudamos os geradores de tal grupo, assim como do grupo finito gerado pelos elementos agúdos e o grupo Quat, ambos grupos de matrizes e subconjuntos do grupo Spin. Uma permutação no grupo de permutações, pode ser expressa como uma palavra reduzida, por meio de geradores de Coxeter. Os mapas acute e grave nos fornecem elementos no grupo finito, já mencionado, gerado pelos elementos agúdos, a partir das palavras reduzidas de uma permutação. Um elemento da álgebra de Clifford pode ser escrito como uma combinação linear de elementos do grupo Quat, onde o coeficiente independente é conhecido como parte real. Estudamos resultados que relacionam as características de uma permutação no grupo de permutações, com o elemento a ela relacionado na álgebra de Clifford. / [en] The Clifford algebra is an associative algebra that can be constructed as an algebra of matrices. The group Spin is a surface contained in the Clifford algebra and closed by multiplication. We studied the generators of such group, as well as of the finite group contained in Spin and generated by the acute elements and the group Quat, both matrix groups and subsets of Spin. A permutation in the permutation group, can be expressed as a reduced word, using transpositions to define the family of Coxeter generators. The acute and grave maps provide us with elements in the finite group, already mentioned, generated by the acute elements, based on the reduced words of a permutation. An element of Clifford algebra can be written as a linear combination of elements in Quat, where the independent coefficient is known as the real part. We studied results that relate the characteristics of a permutation in the permutation group, with the element related to it in the Clifford algebra.