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An octonionic representation of the Poincaré group

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  1. Physios Department, Yale University, New Haven, Conn

    M. Günaydin

  2. Physics Department, Middle East Technical University, Ankara

    F. Güesey

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Research (Yale Report 3075-33) supported by the U.S. Atomic Energy Commission under contract AT (11-1) 3075.

On leave from the Physics Department, Yale University, New Haven, Conn. 06520.

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Günaydin, M., Güesey, F. An octonionic representation of the Poincaré group. Lett. Nuovo Cimento 6, 401–406 (1973). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02745009

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