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Let A be an associative algebra on the commutative field K (R or C), K Ç A. If E ≠ 0 is a vector space, a homomorphism ρ from A to End E which maps the unit element of A to Id E is called a representation of A in E.
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Crumeyrolle, A. (1990). Spinors and Spin Representations. In: Orthogonal and Symplectic Clifford Algebras. Mathematics and Its Applications, vol 57. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-015-7877-6_5
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