Orientador: Márcio Antônio de Faria Rosa / Dissertação (mestrado) - Universidade Estadual de Campinas, Instituto de Matemática Estatística e Computação Científica / Made available in DSpace on 2018-08-23T21:14:43Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 Wainer_SamuelAugusto_M.pdf: 5577672 bytes, checksum: a3aefda361194ee05c87bea837ce9ddf (MD5) Previous issue date: 2013 / Resumo: O resumo poderá ser visualizado no texto completo da tese digital / Abstract: The complete abstract is available with the full electronic document . / Mestrado / Matematica / Mestre em Matemática

Orientador: Rafael de Freitas Leão / Dissertação (mestrado) - Universidade Estadual de Campinas, Instituto de Matemática, Estatística e Computação Científica / Made available in DSpace on 2018-08-20T03:14:46Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 Mendes_Douglas_M.pdf: 1234399 bytes, checksum: 9934061cdc7cbbc1da3d2586302aac2e (MD5) Previous issue date: 2012 / Resumo: Os grupos Spin aparecem de várias formas em Matemática e em Física-Matemática, tendo grande importância na teoria de brados e de operadores diferenciais sobre os mesmos. O conceito de estrutura spin é deles derivado, sendo ele a base de toda uma teoria, conhecida como geometria spin. Esta dissertação introduz os primeiros conceitos necessários ao estudo de tais grupos, assim como alguns aspectos importantes relacionados a eles. Dada a natureza dos grupos Spin e dos problemas aos quais estão relacionados, vários tópicos na interface entre álgebra e geometria tiveram de ser abordados. Estudamos em um primeiro momento as álgebras de Clifford, sua representação adjunta torcida e os grupos Spin como subgrupos do grupo das unidades de tais álgebras. À estes estudos, seguiu-se uma análise detalhada da teoria de espaços de recobrimento e da classificação dos mesmos. Pudemos com isso entender o grupo Spin, via representação adjunta torcida, como o recobrimento universal do grupo especial ortogonal de um espaço quadrático não-degenerado. Nos concentramos daí na teoria de brados principais e a relação destes com as propriedades geométricas das variedades sobre as quais eles estão construídos. Para sintetizar o que foi estudado, construímos algebricamente a fibração de Hopf ao final desta dissertação, explicitando sua relação com a estrutura spin da esfera S² / Abstract: Spin groups come in many forms in Mathematics and Mathematical Physics, having great importance in the theory of fiber bundles and differential operators defined on them. The concept of spin structure is derived from them, being the basis of all a theory, known as spin geometry. This thesis introduces the first concepts necessary for the study of such groups, as well as important aspects related to them. Given the nature of the Spin groups and problems which they're related to, several topics at the interface between algebra and geometry had to be addressed. At first, we studied Clifford algebras, their twisted adjoint representation and Spin groups as subgroups of the group of units of such algebras. Followed these studies a detailed analysis of the theory of covering spaces and the classification of them. Done that, we were able to understand the group Spin, via the twisted adjoint representation, as the universal covering space of the special orthogonal group of a non-degenerate quadratic space. From there, we focused on the theory of principal bundles and their relationship with the geometric properties of manifolds on which they are built. To summarize what was studied, we algebraically construct the Hopf fibration at the end of this thesis, explaining its relationship with the spin structure of the sphere S² / Mestrado / Matematica / Mestre em Matemática

Orientador: Carlile Campos Lavor / Tese (doutorado) - Universidade Estadual de Campinas, Instituto de Matemática, Estatística e Computação Científica / Made available in DSpace on 2018-08-17T14:47:27Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 Melo_Nolmar_D.pdf: 2834013 bytes, checksum: 5639deabb953aa019e4e1c9c905e856d (MD5) Previous issue date: 2011 / Resumo: Este trabalho apresenta uma linguagem algébrica para dois elementos básicos da teoria da informação quântica (os bits quânticos e os operadores densidade), baseada nas propriedades de uma álgebra de Clifford de assinatura (n,3n). Demonstramos que a nova descrição desses elementos preserva as mesmas propriedades matemáticas obtidas com a descrição clássica. Com isso, estendemos alguns resultados apresentados na literatura que relaciona Álgebra de Clifford e Informação Quântica. / Abstract: This work presents an algebraic language for two basic elements of quantum information theory (the quantum bits and density operators), based in the properties of a Clifford algebra of signature (n,3n). We prove that the new description of these elements preserves the same mathematical properties obtained with the classical description. We also extend some results presented in the literature that relate Clifford algebra and quantum information. / Doutorado / Matematica Aplicada / Doutor em Matemática

Orientador: Jayme Vaz Jr / Tese (doutorado) - Universidade Estadual de Campinas, Instituto de Fisica Gleb Wataglin / Made available in DSpace on 2018-08-05T13:26:17Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 RochaJunior_Roldaoda_D.pdf: 1670364 bytes, checksum: 3d62c507080592c925245e4858fab674 (MD5) Previous issue date: 2005 / Resumo: Investigamos generalizações das álgebras de Clifford (ACs) e suas vastas aplicações na Física. Classificamos o mais novo candidato à descrição da matéria escura como um campo espinorial bandeira, que pertence à classe 5 proposta por Lounesto, de acordo com os valores assumidos pelos seus covariantes bilineares. Decompomos a AC em partes a pares e ímpares relativas a uma dada a graduação automórfica interna, além de descrever suas diversas consequências na decomposição de operadores que agem sobre a álgebra exterior e sobre a AC. Além de escrever a equação de Dirac no contexto dessa decomposição, estendemos os resultados conhecidos sobre uma partícula-teste nas vizinhanças de um buraco negro de Schwarzschild para um buraco negro de Reissner-Nordstrom. Introduzimos as ACs estendidas, construídas sobre duas cópias (quiral e aquiral) de um espaço vetorial de dimensão finita munido de uma métrica de assinatura (p, q). Formulamos a AC sobre uma cópia quiral do contraespaço, mostrando propriedades surpreendentes, tais como: a indefinição do elemento de volume do contraespaço sob o produto regressivo, com a possibilidade de ele ser um escalar ou pseudoescalar, dependendo da dimensão do espaço vetorial; e o fato de que a co-cadeia de de Rham do operador codiferencial ser formada por uma sequência de subespaços homogêneos da álgebra exterior subsequentemente quirais e aquirais. Dessa maneira provamos que a álgebra exterior sobre o espaço e aquela construída sobre o contraespaço são apenas pseudo-duais ao introduzirmos quiralidade. A super álgebra de Poincaré é obtida a partir da introdução de algumas estruturas algébricas sobre o espaço euclidiano R3, a partir da utilização de spinors puros e do Princípio da Trialidade juntamente com sua generalização. Introduzimos os octonions no contexto das ACs e definimos unidades octoniônicas parametrizadas por elementos arbitrários, mas fixos, de uma AC sobre R0,7 e também produtos octoniônicos entre multivetores, além de generalizarmos as identidades de Moufang para esse formalismo. O Modelo Padrão das partículas elementares é rediscutido nesse contexto, além de obtermos uma Teoria de Calibre não-associativa em Cl0,7 , onde o campo espinorial é dado pela soma direta de um quark e um lépton. Finalmente introduzimos as isotopias, associativas e não-associativas, das ACs e em particular a simetria de sabor SU(6) dos quarks se apresenta como uma simetria exata dentro do contexto do levantamento isotópico da AC CL12. Bárions e mésons também são descritos nesse contexto / Abstract: We investigate Clifford algebras (ACs) generalizations and their wide applications in Physics. The candidate for the description of the dark matter is classified as a agpole spinor field, that is in the class 5 spinors proposed by Lounesto according to his spinor field classification by the values assumed by their bilinear covariants. The AC is split in a-even and a-odd components, related to a given inner automorphic a-grading, besides describing various consequences of this decomposition in the splitting of operators acting on the exterior and Clifford algebras. Besides writing the Dirac equation in the spacetime splitting context, we extend the well known results concerning a spinning test particle in a Schwarzschild black hole neighboorhood to a Reissner-Nordstrom black hole. We alsointroduce the extended ACs associated with two copies (chiral and achiral) of a finite-dimensional vector space endowed with a metric of signature (p, q). ACs are formulated on a chiral copy of the counterspace, where we show astounding and astonishing properties such as: the de Rham co-chain associated with the codifferential operator is constituted by a sequence of exterior algebra homogeneous subspaces subsequently chiral and achiral. Thus we prove thatthe exterior algebra on the space and the exterior algebra constructed on the counterspace are pseudoduals, if we introduce chirality. The Poincaré superalgebra is obtained from the introduction of some algebraic structures on the Euclidean space R3 , via the pure spinor formalism and the triality principle and its generalization. Octonions are introduced in thecontext of ACs and we define AC-parametrized octonionic units, besides generalizing Moufang identities in this context. The Standard Model of elementary particles is revisited in the octonionic context and we also obtain a gauge theory using the new octonionic products introduced, where a spinor field describes the direct sum of a quark and a lepton. Finally we introduce associative and non-associative isotopies of ACs. In particular we present the avor quark symmetry SU(6) as an exact symmetry in the Cl12 isotopic lifting context. Barions and mesons are also described via isotopic lifting of ACs / Doutorado / Fisica-Matematica / Doutor em Ciências

Orientador: Waldyr Alves Rodrigues Junior / Dissertação (mestrado profissional) - Universidade Estadual de Campinas, Instituto de Matemática, Estatistica e Computação Cientifica / Made available in DSpace on 2018-08-15T23:09:32Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 Resende_AdrianaSouza_M.pdf: 17553204 bytes, checksum: a66cefe30e9957cc4351e03d3aec35b2 (MD5) Previous issue date: 2010 / Resumo: O presente trabalho tem a intenção de apresentar por intermédio de uma linguagem unificada alguns conceitos de cálculo vetorial, álgebra linear (matrizes e transformações lineares) e também algumas idéias elementares sobre os grupos de rotações em duas e três dimensões e seus grupos de recobrimento, que geralmente são tratados como "fragmentos" em várias modalidades de cursos no ensino superior. Acreditamos portanto que nosso texto possas ser útil para alunos dos cursos de graduação dos cursos de Engenharia, Física, Matemática e interessados em Matemática em geral. A linguagem unificada à que nos referimos acima é obtida com a introdução do conceitos das álgebras geométricas (ou de Clifford) onde, como veremos, é possível fornecer uma formulação algébrica elegante aos conceitos de vetores, planos e volumes orientados e definir para tais objetos o produto escalar, os produtos contraídos à esquerda e à direita, o produto exterior (associado, como veremos, em casos particulares ao produto vetorial) e finalmente o produto geométrico (Clifford), o que permite o uso desses conceitos para a solução de inúmeros problemas de geometria analítica no R ² e no R ³. Procuramos ilustrar todos estes conceitos com vários exemplos e exercícios com graus variáveis de dificuldades. Nossa apresentação é bem próxima àquela do livro de Lounesto, e de fato muitas seções são traduções (eventualmente seguidas de comentários) de seções daquele livro. Contudo, em muitos lugares, acreditamos que nossa apresentação esclarece e completa as correspondentes do livro de Lounesto / Abstract: This paper aims to present using an unified language a few concepts of vector calculus, linear algebra (matrices and linear transformations) and also some basic ideas about the groups of rotations in two and three dimensions and their covering group, which generally are treated as "fragments" in various types of courses in higher education. We believe therefore that our text should be useful to students of undergraduate courses like Engineering, Physics, Mathematics and people interested in Mathematics in general. The unified language that we refer to above is obtained by introducing the concept of geometric (or Clifford) algebra where, as we shall see, it is possible to give an elegant algebraic formulation to the concepts of vectors, oriented planes and oriented volumes, and to define to those objects the scalar product, the right and left contracted products, the exterior product (associated, as we shall see, in particular cases to the vector product) and finally the geometric (Clifford) product, and moreover, to use those concepts to solve may problems of analytic geometry in R ² and R ³. We illustrated all those concepts with several examples and exercises with variable degrees of difficulties. Our presentation is nearly the one in Lounesto's book, and in fact some sections are no more than translations (eventually with commentaries) from sections of that book. However, in many places, we believe that our presentation clarify nd completement the corresponding ones in Lounesto's book / Mestrado / Ágebra / Mestre em Matemática

We begin by giving some theoretical background to the underlying concepts of spin representations and spinors. This is done from the perspective of Lie groups and Lie algebras. In particular, we discuss the functionality of Clifford algebras in the determination of the double-covering spin groups. An introduction to K-algebras and Clifford algebras is then given, focusing on the properties of pseudo-Euclidean spaces <img src="http://www.diva-portal.org/cgi-bin/mimetex.cgi?%5Cmathbb%7BR%7D%5E%7Bp,q%7D" data-classname="equation" data-title="" />. Some low-dimensional examples are also included, culminating with a characterisation of some Clifford algebras as matrix algebras. Elementary representation theory is then introduced and quickly followed by the definition of the Clifford-Lipschitz and spin groups. The work of Lundholm and Svensson (2016), Vaz and da Rocha (2016), and Schwichtenberg (2018) is then united to construct a definition of the spin representations. An attempt at formulating a definition of spinors from a mathematical perspective is then given; formed by combining multiple approaches and definitions of the above-mentioned authors, as well as drawing inspiration from important cases in theoretical physics, in particular that of SO(3) and the Lorentz group SO(1,3).

The work is situated within the theory of slice analysis, a generalization of complex analysis for hypercomplex numbers, considering function of both quaternionic and Clifford variables, in both one and several variables. %We first characterize some partial slice sets of The primary focus of the thesis is on the harmonic and polyharmonic properties of slice regular functions. We derive explicit formulas for the iteration of the Laplacian on slice regular functions, proving that their degree of harmonicity increases with the dimension of the algebra. Consequently, we present Almansi-type decompositions for slice functions in several variables. Additionally, using the harmonic properties of the partial spherical derivatives and their connection with the Dirac operator in Clifford analysis, we achieve a generalization of the Fueter and Fueter-Sce theorems in the several variables context. Finally, we establish that regular polynomials of sufficiently low degree are the unique slice regular functions in the kernel of the iteration of the Laplacian, whose power is less than Sce index.

La présente thèse porte sur le développement d'une théorie d'algèbre linéaire, de géométrie et d'analyse basée sur les algèbres (Z2)n-commutatives, c'est-à-dire des algèbres (Z2)n-graduées associatives unitaires satisfaisant ab = (-1)<deg(a),deg(b)>ba, pour tout couple d'éléments homogènes a, b de degrés deg(a), deg(b) où <.,.> est le produit scalaire usuel). Cette généralisation de la supergéométrie a de nombreuses applications : en mathématiques (l'algèbre de Deligne des superformes différentielles, l'algèbre des quaternions et les algèbres de Clifford en sont des exemples) et même en physique (paraparticules). Dans ce travail, les notions de trace et de (super)déterminant pour des matrices à coefficients dans une algèbre gradué-commutative sont définies et étudiés. Une attention particulière est portée au cas des algèbres de Clifford : ce point de vue gradué fournit une nouvelle approche au problème classique du « bon » déterminant pour des matrices à coefficient non-commutatifs (quaternioniques). En outre, nous entreprenons l'étude de la géométrie différentielle (Z2)n-graduée. Privilégiant l'approche par les espaces annelés, les (Z2)n-supervariétés sont définies en choisissant l'algèbre (Z2)n-commutative des séries formelles en variables graduées comme modèle pour le faisceau de fonctions. Les résultats les plus marquants ainsi obtenus sont : le Berezinien gradué et son interprétation cohomologique (essentielle pour établir une théorie de l'intégration) ; le théorème des morphismes, attestant qu'on peut rétablir un morphisme entre (Z2)n-supervariétés à partir de sa seule expression sur les coordonnées ; le théorème de Batchelor-Gawedzki pour les (Z2)n-supervariétés lisses / The present thesis deals with a development of linear algebra, geometry and analysis based on (Z2)n-superalgebras ; associative unital algebras which are (Z2)n-graded and graded-commutative, i.e. statisfying ab=(-1)<deg(a),deg(b)>ba, for all homogeneous elements a, b of respective degrees deg(a), deg(b) in (Z2)n (<.,.> denoting the usual scalar product). This generalization widens the range of applications of supergeometry to many mathematical structures (quaternions and more generally Clifford algebras, Deligne algebra of superdifferential forms, higher vector bundles) and appears also in physics (for describing paraparticles) proving its worth and relevance. In this dissertation, we first focus on (Z2)n-superalgebra theory ; we define and characterize the notions of trace and (super)determinant of matrices over graded-commutative algebras. Special attention is given to the case of Clifford algebras, where our study gives a new approach to treat the classical problem of finding a “good” determinant for matrices with noncommuting (quaternionic) entries. Further, we undertake the study of (Z2)n-graded differential geometry. Privileging the ringed space approach, we define (smooth) (Z2)n-supermanifolds modeling their algebras of functions on the (Z2)n-commutative algebra of formal power series in graded variables, and develop the theory along the lines of supergeometry. Notable results are : the graded Berezinian and its cohomological interpretation (essential to establish integration theory) ; the theorem of morphism, which states that a morphism of (Z2)n-supermanifolds can be recovered from its coordinate expression ; Batchelor-Gawedzki theorem for (Z2)n-supermanifolds

L'objectif de ce travail est de décrire des modélisations des points de vue et des changements de points de vue d'images d'un objet planaire dans les algèbres de Clifford conformes. Nous généralisons le modèle conforme de l'espace euclidien à travers une famille à deux paramètres d'horosphère, chacune d'entre elles étant plongée dans un espace vectoriel réel de dimension 4 muni d'une métrique équivalente à la métrique de Minkowski. Nous décrivons par la suite deux approches pour mettre en œuvre ces modèles conformes généralisés pour les représentations d'images. L'idée de base est d'encoder les distorsions perspectives de l'objet causées par la variation du paramètre de latitude de la caméra au travers des paramètres d'une horosphère. La première approche consiste à considérer les horosphères de l'espace de Minkowski de dimension 4 pour encoder les points de vue. Les changements de points de vue sont alors linéarisés à travers un groupe de transformations linéaires et conformes de cet espace. Cette approche est ensuite généralisée en décrivant les points de vue à travers les objets d'un groupoïde dont les morphismes sont des diagrammes commutatifs qui représentent les changements de points de vue. Ainsi, une image conforme est décrite par une application définie sur une horosphère à deux paramètres. L'action du groupoïde sur l'ensemble des images conformes nous conduit à associer à tout objet planaire l'orbite de toutes ses images conformes obtenues à partir de tous les points de vue. / Our purpose in this work is to introduce representations of image viewpoints and viewpoint changes of a planar object in conformal Clifford algebras. Our important preliminary contribution is a generalization of the conformal model of the Euclidean space through a two-parameter family of horospheres. Each one of these is embedded into a real vector space of dimension 4 equipped with a metric equivalent to the Minkowski metric. We describe two approaches that make use of these generalized conformal models for image representations. These are based on modelings of perspective distortions of the object caused by a variation of the latitude angle of the camera. First, we model the image viewpoints by the horospheres of the Minkowski space of dimension 4. In this setting, the viewpoint changes are linearized through a group of linear conformal transformations of this space. This approach is generalized by describing the viewpoints through the objects of a groupoid whose morphisms are commutative diagrams that model the viewpoint changes. A conformal image is then described as a map defined on a horosphere. The action of the groupoid on the set of conformal images leads us to associate with every planar object the orbit of its conformal images from all viewpoints.