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This paper deals with a new algebraic construction making the link between the Dirac spinors (as defined on the basis of the transformation law) and the Clifford subalgebra Cl +1,3 an obvious one.
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Piazzese, F. (1995). On the Relationships between the Dirac Spinors and Clifford Subalgebra Cl +1,3 . In: Ablamowicz, R., Lounesto, P. (eds) Clifford Algebras and Spinor Structures. Mathematics and Its Applications, vol 321. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-015-8422-7_10
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