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Clifford Algebra
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Clifford Algebra
putational Tool for Physicists
JOHN SNYGG
New York Oxford
OXFORD UNIVERSITY PRESS
1997
Oxford University Press
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Snygg, John
Clifford algebra putational tool for physicists / lohn Snygg
p cm Includes bibliographical references and index
ISBN 0-19-509824-2
1 Clifford algebras 2 Mathematical physics I Title
QC207C55S64 1997 530 T5257—dc20 96-6890
135798642
Printed in the United States of America
on acid-free paper
To my wife, Virginia
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
Since I had no co-author, I like to think that I wrote this book all by myself.
However this book has benefited from considerable assistance from other
people.
Early drafts of my manuscript became the object of substantial revisions
because of suggestions I received. People who read significant portions
of one draft or another and then made suggestions or merely gave encourage-
ment were James Anderson, e Cvijanovich, Dennis DeTurck, William
Heyl, Charles Kennel, Frank Morgan, Massimo Porrati, Engelbert
Schucking, Kip Thome, and Joanne Trimble.
I used a lot of suggestions but I also ignored a lot of advice so nobody
other tha