Spinc group

In spin geometry, a spinᶜ group (or complex spin group) is a Lie group obtained by the spin group through twisting with the first unitary group. C stands for the complex numbers, which are denoted . An important application of spinᶜ groups is for spinᶜ structures, which are central for Seiberg–Witten theory.

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