Twisted-center unit conjecture for Clifford algebras

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Let AA be a commutative ring with unit in which 202\neq0, let (N,Q)(N,Q) be a quadratic module over AA, and set C:=C(N,Q)\mathcal{C}:=\mathcal{C}(N,Q). Let ee be the idempotent used to form the Clifford algebra eCe\mathcal{C}, and write Z~(eC)×\widetilde{Z}(e\mathcal{C})^{\times} for its group of units in the twisted center, with decomposition into ++ and - parts denoted by α=α++α\alpha=\alpha_{+}+\alpha_{-}; write C+[2]\mathcal{C}_{+}[2] for the elements of the even component annihilated by 22. Twisted-center unit conjecture. The intersection

Z~(eC)×(C+[2]C)\widetilde{Z}(e\mathcal{C})^{\times}\cap\bigl(\mathcal{C}_{+}[2]\oplus\mathcal{C}_{-}\bigr)

is empty; equivalently, no element αZ~(eC)×\alpha\in\widetilde{Z}(e\mathcal{C})^{\times} satisfies 2α+=02\alpha_{+}=0. The conjecture is presented as a proposed relaxation of the conditions in the preceding proposition; its general validity is left open.

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Primary source

Shaul Zemel, “Clifford Groups of Arbitrary Quadratic Modules over Commutative Rings”, arXiv:2112.05046 (2021).

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