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of the octonions. A general element in SO(8) can be described as the product of 7 left-multiplications, 7 right-multiplications and also 7 bimultiplications by unit octonions (a bimultiplication being the composition of a left-multiplication and a right-multiplication by the same octonion and is
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It can be shown that an element of SO(8) can be constructed with bimultiplications, by first showing that pairs of reflections through the origin in 8-dimensional space correspond to pairs of bimultiplications by unit octonions. The
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vector representation, of Spin(8) are all eight-dimensional (for all other spin groups the spinor representation is either smaller or larger than the vector representation). The triality
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be the corresponding products of left and right multiplications by the conjugates (i.e., the multiplicative inverses) of the same unit octonions, so
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automorphism of Spin(8) described below provides similar constructions with left multiplications and right multiplications.
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Sometimes Spin(8) appears naturally in an "enlarged" form, as the automorphism group of Spin(8), which breaks up as a
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is an isotopy. As a result of the non-associativity of the octonions, the only other orthogonal isotopy for
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that permutes these three representations. The automorphism group acts on the center
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can be described as the product of bimultiplications of unit octonions, say
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Multiplicative inverses of octonions are two-sided, which means that
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can be permuted cyclically to give two further isotopies
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under the Dynkin classification), possesses a three-fold
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The algebraic theory of spinors and Clifford algebras
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has 4! × 8 = 192 elements.
2160:. This "triality" automorphism is exceptional among 1156:unambiguously defined due to octonions obeying the 2767:John H. Conway; Derek A. Smith (23 January 2003). 2712: 2549: 2498: 2447: 2396: 2345: 2294: 2234: 2208: 2188: 2152: 2116: 2078: 2040: 2002: 1970: 1935: 1903: 1871: 1827: 1807: 1769: 1693: 1617: 1571: 1505: 1485: 1453:, the isotopy is called an orthogonal isotopy. If 1445: 1408:{\displaystyle x^{\alpha }y^{\beta }z^{\gamma }=1} 1407: 1354: 1316: 1284: 1246: 1208: 876: 509: 484: 447: 2825:, Collected works, vol. 2, Springer-Verlag, 2762: 2760: 1486:{\displaystyle \gamma \in \operatorname {SO(8)} } 1070:(which also has automorphism group isomorphic to 27:Rotation group in 8-dimensional Euclidean space 1572:{\displaystyle \gamma =B_{u_{1}}...B_{u_{n}}} 1254:, it can be shown that this is equivalent to 1135:Elements of SO(8) can be described with unit 934:, the diagonal matrices {±I} (as for all SO(2 811: 8: 1029:. Related to this is the fact that the two 2849:Clifford algebras and the classical groups 1872:{\displaystyle (-\alpha ,-\beta ,\gamma )} 1081:over the finite field with two elements, 818: 804: 256: 82: 47: 2592: 2590: 2512: 2461: 2410: 2359: 2308: 2257: 2242:are only uniquely determined up to sign. 2221: 2201: 2169: 2133: 2091: 2053: 2015: 1983: 1951: 1916: 1884: 1840: 1820: 1782: 1755: 1749: 1724: 1718: 1706: 1679: 1673: 1648: 1642: 1630: 1598: 1584: 1561: 1556: 1535: 1530: 1518: 1498: 1466: 1458: 1426: 1424: 1419:. If the three maps of an isotopy are in 1393: 1383: 1373: 1367: 1329: 1297: 1259: 1221: 1202: 1201: 1181: 863: 503: 502: 500: 478: 477: 475: 441: 440: 438: 2153:{\displaystyle \operatorname {Spin} (8)} 2117:{\displaystyle (\gamma ,\alpha ,\beta )} 2079:{\displaystyle (\beta ,\gamma ,\alpha )} 2041:{\displaystyle (\alpha ,\beta ,\gamma )} 1936:{\displaystyle \operatorname {Spin} (8)} 1808:{\displaystyle (\alpha ,\beta ,\gamma )} 1355:{\displaystyle (\alpha ,\beta ,\gamma )} 2756: 2164:. There is no triality automorphism of 846:. It could be either a real or complex 374: 140: 50: 2189:{\displaystyle \operatorname {SO} (8)} 1904:{\displaystyle \operatorname {SO} (8)} 1446:{\displaystyle \operatorname {SO(8)} } 1048:of Spin(8) which is isomorphic to the 858:Like all special orthogonal groups of 376:Classification of finite simple groups 1362:that preserve this identity, so that 1209:{\displaystyle x,y,z\in \mathbb {O} } 942:≥ 4), while the center of Spin(8) is 7: 1324:without ambiguity. A triple of maps 1077:which may also be considered as the 2800:, Chicago Lectures in Mathematics, 2798:Lectures on exceptional Lie groups 2010:. This means that a given isotopy 1777:. A simple calculation shows that 1602: 1599: 1470: 1467: 1430: 1427: 25: 2836:(originally published in 1954 by 2550:{\displaystyle (0,0,\pm 1,\pm 1)} 2499:{\displaystyle (0,\pm 1,0,\pm 1)} 2448:{\displaystyle (0,\pm 1,\pm 1,0)} 2397:{\displaystyle (\pm 1,0,0,\pm 1)} 2346:{\displaystyle (\pm 1,0,\pm 1,0)} 2295:{\displaystyle (\pm 1,\pm 1,0,0)} 1008: 1003: 998: 993: 988: 68: 2544: 2514: 2493: 2463: 2442: 2412: 2391: 2361: 2340: 2310: 2289: 2259: 2235:{\displaystyle \alpha ,\beta } 2183: 2177: 2147: 2141: 2111: 2093: 2073: 2055: 2035: 2017: 1930: 1924: 1898: 1892: 1866: 1842: 1802: 1784: 1611: 1605: 1479: 1473: 1439: 1433: 1349: 1331: 1273: 1264: 1232: 1223: 737:Infinite dimensional Lie group 1: 2770:On Quaternions and Octonions 1761: 1730: 1685: 1654: 850:of rank 4 and dimension 28. 842:acting on eight-dimensional 510:{\displaystyle \mathbb {Z} } 485:{\displaystyle \mathbb {Z} } 448:{\displaystyle \mathbb {Z} } 2802:University of Chicago Press 2124:. 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Taylor & Francis. 1097:outer automorphism group 1046:outer automorphism group 1044:of Spin(8) lives in the 840:special orthogonal group 353:Elementary abelian group 230:Glossary of group theory 2216:the corresponding maps 2209:{\displaystyle \gamma } 1911:, they must in fact be 1828:{\displaystyle \gamma } 1506:{\displaystyle \gamma } 1285:{\displaystyle x(yz)=1} 1247:{\displaystyle (xy)z=1} 2714: 2551: 2500: 2449: 2398: 2347: 2296: 2236: 2210: 2190: 2154: 2118: 2080: 2042: 2004: 1972: 1937: 1905: 1873: 1829: 1809: 1771: 1695: 1619: 1573: 1507: 1487: 1447: 1409: 1356: 1318: 1286: 1248: 1210: 1172:Octonions and triality 1147:can be described with 878: 877:{\displaystyle n>2} 769:Linear algebraic group 511: 486: 449: 45: 2715: 2552: 2501: 2450: 2399: 2348: 2297: 2237: 2211: 2191: 2155: 2119: 2081: 2043: 2005: 2003:{\displaystyle yzx=1} 1973: 1971:{\displaystyle xyz=1} 1938: 1906: 1874: 1830: 1810: 1772: 1696: 1620: 1574: 1508: 1488: 1448: 1410: 1357: 1319: 1317:{\displaystyle xyz=1} 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610: 598: 586: 574: 345: 302: 289: 278: 267: 263:Cyclic group 141: 128:Free product 99:Group action 62:Group theory 57:Group theory 56: 2794:Adams, J.F. 2247:Root system 2162:spin groups 1038:fundamental 888:, having a 832:mathematics 548:Topological 387:alternating 2879:Lie groups 2751:References 2562:Weyl group 910:spin group 893:isomorphic 655:Symplectic 595:Orthogonal 552:Lie groups 459:Free group 184:continuous 123:Direct sum 2730:Octonions 2682:− 2657:− 2632:− 2622:− 2614:− 2606:− 2539:± 2530:± 2488:± 2473:± 2431:± 2422:± 2386:± 2365:± 2329:± 2314:± 2272:± 2263:± 2230:β 2224:α 2204:γ 2175:⁡ 2139:⁡ 2109:β 2103:α 2097:γ 2071:α 2065:γ 2059:β 2033:γ 2027:β 2021:α 1922:⁡ 1890:⁡ 1864:γ 1858:β 1855:− 1849:α 1846:− 1823:γ 1800:γ 1794:β 1788:α 1762:¯ 1731:¯ 1709:β 1686:¯ 1655:¯ 1633:α 1596:∈ 1593:β 1587:α 1521:γ 1501:γ 1464:∈ 1461:γ 1395:γ 1385:β 1375:α 1347:γ 1341:β 1335:α 1199:∈ 1137:octonions 719:Conformal 607:Euclidean 214:nilpotent 2873:Category 2847:(1995), 2821:(1997), 2796:(1996), 2724:See also 1166:triality 1099:is only 1027:triality 1023:symmetry 974:Triality 968:Triality 938:) with 2 714:Poincaré 559:Solenoid 431:Integers 421:Lattices 396:sporadic 391:Lie type 219:solvable 209:dihedral 194:additive 179:infinite 89:Subgroup 44:of SO(8) 1417:isotopy 913:Spin(8) 854:Spin(8) 838:is the 709:Lorentz 631:Unitary 530:Lattice 470:PSL(2, 204:abelian 115:(Semi-) 18:Spin(8) 2859:  2829:  2808:  2777:  1579:. 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Index

Spin(8)

D4
Dynkin diagram
Algebraic structure
Group theory

Subgroup
Normal subgroup
Group action
Quotient group
(Semi-)
direct product
Direct sum
Free product
Wreath product
Group homomorphisms
kernel
image
simple
finite
infinite
continuous
multiplicative
additive
cyclic
abelian
dihedral
nilpotent
solvable

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