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Spinors have two main instantiations: the infinitesimal quantity usually in finite dimensions as the value of a vector field at a point, or as the vector field taken over a finite region of space(time).
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In finite dimensions, spinors are constructed via an algebraic means known as representation theory. The key fact that supports the construction is that the Lie groups of rotations <math> SO(n,\mathbb{R}) </math> acting on linear n-dimensional space admit double coverings <math> Spin(n) </math> such that two elements of the spin group correspond to a single rotation.


== Notes ==
== Notes ==