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- Why $\\operatorname{Spin}(n)$ is the double cover of $SO(n)$?
You can let $\text {Spin} (n)$ act on $\mathbb {S}^ {n-1}$ through $\text {SO} (n)$ Since $\text {Spin} (n-1)\subset\text {Spin} (n)$ maps to $\text {SO} (n-1)\subset\text {SO} (n)$, you could then use the argument directly for $\text {Spin} (n)$, using that $\text {Spin} (3)$ is simply connected because $\text {Spin} (3)\cong\mathbb {S}^3$ I'm not aware of another natural geometric object
- Fundamental group of the special orthogonal group SO(n)
Also, if I'm not mistaken, Steenrod gives a more direct argument in "Topology of Fibre Bundles," but he might be using the long exact sequence of a fibration (which you mentioned)
- lie groups - Lie Algebra of SO (n) - Mathematics Stack Exchange
Welcome to the language barrier between physicists and mathematicians Physicists prefer to use hermitian operators, while mathematicians are not biased towards hermitian operators So for instance, while for mathematicians, the Lie algebra $\mathfrak {so} (n)$ consists of skew-adjoint matrices (with respect to the Euclidean inner product on $\mathbb {R}^n$), physicists prefer to multiply them
- Prove that the manifold $SO (n)$ is connected
The question really is that simple: Prove that the manifold $SO (n) \subset GL (n, \mathbb {R})$ is connected it is very easy to see that the elements of $SO (n
- Dimension of SO (n) and its generators - Mathematics Stack Exchange
The generators of $SO(n)$ are pure imaginary antisymmetric $n \\times n$ matrices How can this fact be used to show that the dimension of $SO(n)$ is $\\frac{n(n-1
- Homotopy groups O(N) and SO(N): $\\pi_m(O(N))$ v. s. $\\pi_m(SO(N))$
I have known the data of $\\pi_m(SO(N))$ from this Table: $$\\overset{\\displaystyle\\qquad\\qquad\\qquad\\qquad\\qquad\\qquad\\quad\\textbf{Homotopy groups of
- How to find the difference between the sons and mothers age if it . . .
A son had recently visited his mom and found out that the two digits that form his age (eg :24) when reversed form his mother's age (eg: 42) Later he goes back to his place and finds out that this whole 'age' reversed process occurs 6 times And if they (mom + son) were lucky it would happen again in future for two more times
- Q. 18 from A first course in probability by Sheldon Ross
Each of 20 families selected to take part in a treasure hunt consist of a mother, father, son, and daughter Assuming that they look for the treasure in pairs that are randomly chosen from the 80
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