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On the center of the Clifford Algebra
Abstract
The center of a Clifford algebra associated to a non-degenerate quadratic form over a field is described in the existing literature, but an elementary proof of the result seems lacking. The aim of this paper is to provide such an elementary proof.
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BibTeX
@misc{peters2026center,
title = {{On the center of the Clifford Algebra}},
author = {Chris Peters and Hans Sterk},
howpublished = {arXiv},
year = {2026},
month = oct,
doi = {10.48550/arxiv.2610.23323},
eprint = {2610.23323},
archivePrefix = {arXiv},
url = {https://arxiv.org/abs/2610.23323},
note = {CC BY-NC-SA 4.0},
}
RIS
TY - UNPB
TI - On the center of the Clifford Algebra
AU - Chris Peters
AU - Hans Sterk
PY - 2026
DA - 2026/10/16
PB - arXiv
DO - 10.48550/arxiv.2610.23323
UR - https://arxiv.org/abs/2610.23323
AB - The center of a Clifford algebra associated to a non-degenerate quadratic form over a field is described in the existing literature, but an elementary proof of the result seems lacking. The aim of this paper is to provide such an elementary proof.
ER -