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Motivation: The notion of Majorana representations of Clifford algebras as well as the notion of Majorana (bi-) spinors is extensively used in the supergravity theory [1] as well as in the superstring and unified theories [2]. Originally, the concept of Majorana representation was introduced by Ettore Majorana in the context of spinor representations of the Lorentz group before the second World War.
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Rembieliński, J. (1992). Classification, properties and applications of the Majorana representations of the real Clifford algebras Cp, q . In: Micali, A., Boudet, R., Helmstetter, J. (eds) Clifford Algebras and their Applications in Mathematical Physics. Fundamental Theories of Physics, vol 47. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-015-8090-8_10
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