 Spinor representation of the Lorentz group (source code)

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= Spinor representation of the Lorentz group
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With $S^{\mu\nu}=\frac14[\gamma^\mu,\gamma^\nu]$, the spinor representation is
$$
S[\Lambda]=\exp\left(\frac12\Omega_{\mu\nu}S^{\mu\nu}\right).
$$
It obeys $S^{-1}\gamma^\mu S=\Lambda^\mu{}_\nu\gamma^\nu$.

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